How to revert Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge to a previous service pack

How to revert Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge to a previous service pack

How to revert OpenEdge Architect to a previous service pack

How to restore the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge (release 11.x) or OpenEdge Architect (release 10.x) plugins from an earlier service pack level, or from First Commercial Shipment (FCS)

In OpenEdge Architect (OpenEdge release 10.x):

From the main menu, select Help > Software Update > Manage Configuration > Revert to Previous.

In Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge (OpenEdge release 11.x):

When an OpenEdge  service pack is installed, the new plugins will be available along with FCS and earlier service pack plugins in the %DLC%\oeide\Architect_repo folder.

1. Move the artifacts.jar and content.jar files in %DLC%\oeide\Architect_repo to a temporary folder.
2. Copy artifacts.jar and content.jar from %DLC%\SPBackup\oeide\Architect_repo and place them in %DLC%\oeide\Architect_repo.
3. Open a Proenv window.
4. Run the following command to uninstall the plugins from the newest service pack:
 
5. Run the following command to install the plugins from the backup:
 

The instructions in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge (11.x) help under "Workbench User Guide > Tasks > Updating and installing software" will not work. These are generic Eclipse instructions which assume that update site links are provided in Preferences. However, PDS provides no update URL in that list. If the instructions from the help are used to revert the configuration, the following error will be raised: