Reinstalling the Windows client

If you reinstall the Windows client into the same directory that it was installed in before, the previous configuration information is detected by the installation program. Because the previous configuration information is detected, the installation process is the same as an upgrade installation; follow the steps in Upgrading the Windows client to reinstall the Windows client.

If you do not want to preserve the old configuration information, you can remove it. For information about thoroughly removing client settings and files, see the article at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli Storage Manager/page/How to completely remove the Backup-Archive client from Microsoft Windows.

If you do completely remove all configuration settings and later decide to reinstall the Windows client, follow the steps in Installing the Windows client for the first time. That procedure is the appropriate installation procedure to follow if you reinstall the software into a different directory, or if you reinstall the software on a system that contains no previous configuration information.