To completely uninstall Autodesk Inventor® from the system, follow the procedure below.

Log in as the Local System Administrator and disable any virus scanning programs.
In the Windows Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
Select Autodesk Inventor, click Remove.
Select Autodesk Inventor Professional Modules (if installed), click Remove.
Select Autodesk Vault 4 Client, Click Remove
Select Autodesk DM Server, Click remove
Select Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (AUTODESKVAULT), and Remove
Select Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (INVENTORCONTENTCENTER), and remove
In Windows Explorer, delete the following directories:
C:\Program Files\ Autodesk\Inventor 10 (and Inventor Professional 10)
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Inventor 10 (and Inventor Professional 10)
Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server and delete both MSSQL$AUTODESKVAULT and MSSQL$AUTODESKCONTENTCENTER,

On the Start menu (Windows), click Run.
In the Run dialog box, enter regedit in the Open box and click OK.
In the the Registry Editor, locate the following subkeys and delete them:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\Autodesk Inventor 10 (and Inventor Professional 10)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\ Inventor\RegistryVersion 10
Exit the Registry Editor and reboot the computer.
Install your new Software following the install proceedures found on the Product DVD.
Once the system is clean, you can then reinstall Inventor and any other Autodesk products you removed.

Warning! Problems caused by improperly editing the Windows registry could render your computer operating system unusable. Microsoft provides a wealth of critical information that you need to know about the registry in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com.

Use the Microsoft® Registry Editor only at your own risk and only after backing up the registry as well as the system.dat and user.dat files as outlined for your operating system in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and in the related Autodesk Technical Solution, TS66513. Additional information about the registry is also contained in the Help topics in the Microsoft Registry Editor.

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