Microsoft Project Connector Uninstall and Reinstall

This guide will walk you through the steps to uninstall and reinstall the Microsoft Project Connector.

You will need the following:

1. Admin Access to:

   1. Control Panel

   2. Registry

   3. System Environment Variables

2. Information:

   1. Microsoft Project Version (32-Bit or 64-Bit)

Uninstall:

1. Open Control Panel

2. Click on Programs and Features

3. Uninstall anything that starts with CA PPM or CAClarity

   Open

   

   1. CA PPM Microsoft Project Interface

   2. CA PPM Schedule Connect

   3. CAClarityAddin

4. Once everything is uninstalled, open Microsoft Project

5. Close the Empty Project that is automatically opened

6. Go to View->Macros->Visual Basic

   Open

   

7. Expand the ProjectGlobal

8. Expand the Modules folder and verify that there is nothing under Modules

   1. If there are still modules, Remove them manually by:

      1. Right Click on the Module

      2. Select Remove

      3. Choose No for the Export Question

      4. Repeat until there are no modules

9. Close the Macro Editor

10. Close out of Microsoft Project.

    1. If a Debug error comes up, choose Debug, then delete all text and close out. Click Yes/OK at the prompts

11. Delete the following Folder (the paths below assume you installed Microsoft Project on the C drive):

    1. If Microsoft Project is 32-Bit, delete C:\Program Files (x86)\CA

    2. If Microsoft Project is 64-Bit, delete C:\Program Files\CA

12. Go to the Start Menu

13. Search for Regedit and open it

14. Collapse all expanded folders

15. Highlight My Computer

16. Select File → Export and enter a name. This is a backup for your Registry

17. Once that is finished, delete the following keys. You should only have one of the groups of two:

    1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Niku

       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Niku

    2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WOW6432Node\Niku

       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ WOW6432Node\Niku

18. Exit Registry Editor

Reinstall:

1. Log into your Clarity Instance

2. Navigate to Home->Account Settings

3. Click on the Software Downloads tab

4. Download the appropriate Microsoft Project Interface file (32-Bit or 64-Bit depending on what was uninstalled)

5. Run the Install for the Microsoft Project Interface

6. Once the Install is complete, validate the install:

   1. Launch Microsoft Project

   2. Close the Empty Project

   3. Navigate to File->Options->Add-Ins. You should see the “CA PPM Addin for Microsoft Project”

   4. Click the Trust Center->Trust Center Settings->Macro Settings. Select “Enable all macros”

   5. Click Add-ins. Make sure “Require Application Add-ins to be signed by Trusted Publisher” is unchecked.

7. You will also now see the CA PPM Integration tab. Do not use this. You will need to launch the session from Clarity instead. Once an item has been opened from Clarity, you can use the items on this tab.

System Variable:

You will also want to set your JAVA_HOME variable. Follow the instructions below:

1. Go to your Start Menu

2. Search for Computer

3. Right Click on it and select Properties

4. Click Advanced System Settings

5. Click Environment Variables

   1. This is on the Advanced tab, which should be default

6. Click New under System Variables

7. Enter the values as follows:

   1. Name: JAVA_HOME

   2. Value: This will be the full directory path to your Java Directory. Examples below:

      1. If using 32-bit Microsoft Project: C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\PPM\CA PPM Schedule Connect\jre

      2. If using 64-bit Microsoft Project: C:\Program Files\CA\PPM\CA PPM Schedule Connect\jre

8. Click Ok

9. Find the Path System Variable in the list and click Edit

10. Click New

11. In the new row, enter %JAVA_HOME%\bin;

12. Move the new row to the top of the list

13. Click OK to save

14. Open a new Command Prompt window

15. Type set and press Enter

16. Verify that JAVA_HOME is present and matches the path you have entered

17. Type java -version and press Enter

    1. It should point to the 11.x Version of OpenJDK