How to uninstall Anchor agent if uninstall app is not present in Windows start menu?

How to uninstall Anchor agent if uninstall app is not present in Windows start menu?

Reasons for the error:

1. In rare scenarios Anchor uninstall app might not be added properly to the Windows start menu during Anchor installation. 

Solution:

In this scenario, the user can uninstall Anchor using the command prompt. 

1) Open command prompt as administrator. If you do not have administrator privilege then please contact your administrator.
2) Run the following command and navigate to the Anchor folder in the command prompt.
  1. cd "C:\Program Files\DAtAnchor Client"


3)  Run the following command to uninstall Anchor.
  1. DAtAnchorSetup.exe --uninstall
4)   Click Yes on the Anchor pop-up.
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5) Click on OK to reboot your machine and finish Anchor uninstallation.





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