How to install and uninstall Windows Server Agent

How to install and uninstall Windows Server Agent

Install Instructions:

  1. Unzip the downloaded server agent zip folder
  2. Open the control panel and check for Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64). This is required to run the C++ code on Windows Machines.
  3. If the above Distributable is not installed please download and install it from here - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
  4. Open PowerShell in Admin mode
  5. Navigate to the extracted folder on PowerShell
  6. Run the following command on PowerShell and follow instructions
      .\\DAtAnchorServerInstall.ps1

  1. Service will install. No reboot is required.

  2. Once installed, right-click on a folder → DAtAnchor → Anchorize to encrypt all files and subfolders inside the folder.

Un-Install Instructions:

Note: You need the downloaded server agent zip folder to uninstall

  1. Unzip the downloaded server agent zip folder
  2. Open PowerShell in Admin mode
  3. Navigate to the extracted folder
  4. Run the following command on PowerShell and follow instructions
      .\\DAtAnchorServerInstall.ps1

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