Unable to Uninstall TeX Live 2021 on Windows 10

Andreas Hirsch cursus.publicus at sacrumromanumimperium.org
Mon Feb 7 15:28:12 CET 2022


Hi,

软信1802-王瀚锐 via tex-live schrieb am 07.02.2022 um 09:59:
> Hello.
> 
> I’m having trouble uninstalling TeX Live 2021 because there is no
> “uninst.bat” file in installation directory, nor control panel entry
> for TeX Live.
> 
> I installed TeX Live 2021 via ISO image (double-clicking
> “install-tl-windows.bat” file in it) on Windows 10. On the installer,
> the only thing I did is I changed the installation directory, toggled
> "Portable setup" on installer, which made options "Adjust searchpath"
> and "Desktop integration" grey, and then clicked install. After
> checking that installation had succeeded, I found TeX Live was not
> added in control panel and environment PATH. Now I want to uninstall
> the whole TeX Live 2021 and re-install it, but I couldn’t find the
> uninst.bat file in “<texlive_root>\tlpkg\installer” directory.
> 
> So do you know how to get my TeX Live uninstalled under such
> condition (and hopefully without side effects?)

As far as I know, a portable setup does not require any modifications on 
your computer so you can simply delete the installation directory.

Andreas


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