Cleaning Licenses on the GE Cloud Server or Local License Server
You can remove licenses from the GE Cloud Server or the Local License Server using the command line or a batch file. This action is known as “cleaning" licenses.
Before you begin
About this task
- Cleaning is irreversible and removes all existing licenses from your computer. The command-line option does not display any additional warnings.
- Licenses may be reactivated after the cleaning process completes.
Procedure
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To clean licenses from the DOS command line:
- Open a command-line interpreter window with Administrator privileges.
- Navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Proficy\Proficy Common\Proficy Common Licensing\ProficyLicenseViewer"
- Clean licenses by entering "Start/wait ProficyLicenseWizard.exe -Clean".
The following response appears:
"License(s) were removed successfully."
Note: If there is an error executing the command, a message appears. For more details, see the Proficy License Client log file. -
To clean licenses using a batch file, enter the commands using the following
format in your batch file:
echo off Start/wait ProficyLicenseWizard.exe -Clean echo The command failed. Error code=%errorlevel% exit /b %errorlevel% ) echo Success
The command returns 0 when successful, or one of the error codes defined in the command return code table.