I never installed previous beta versions on my computer before. But now I have some serious problem after an incomplete de-install and a re-install of SQL server 2005 express advanced. I hope anybody can help me to solve this. Because the first installation eas not succesfull I had to do an de-install. I have tried to unstall through start/control panel/ add-remove programms and even there not all programs were removed. And that caused the problem. After that I wanted to re-install again but an msi file was missing. So I did a de-install agian. Tried to re-install again but with a lot of errors. After looking at the library I found a program: Windows Install CleanUp. I installed it and that even gives an error for all programs installed with SQL 2005.
After that I ran a program called MsiInv to clean but without any succes because this program reported a run-tim error. I have all reports on my computer but don't know how to attach them. If you think you can help me I could send you all the reports.
Regards,
Jan J
When you go to Add/Remove Programs, do you still have a SQL Server entry? If so, remove it. If not, what is the error you receive when you try to install again? You mentioned a missing MSI file. Can you give the exact error message? Also, can you check your SQL install folder (%windir%\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG) for the text string "value 3"? If an error was returned during setup, it will appear about 5-10 lines above this return code in the logs.
Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)
Hi Sam,
Indeed there still are SQL entries left without the options to change/remove, only the date last viewed is available. When clicking you are beeing informed that the entry no longer exists and beeing asked to remove it. When clicking YES, nothing happens, the entry remains.
When re-installing again I am beeing asked for the msi file needed for the setup with a choice to read it from a CD or to download it from the internet. I first choose to use the download option and second I choose to use a msi file from the substracted install file I downloaded from the internet. Both result in a failed Setup and error messages for the install of MSXML6, SQL VSS Writer, SQL Server Database Services, OXC11, SQL Server Backward-Compatibility Files and Reporting Services. I decided run the uninstall tool I found in the MS library at "Unistalling Previous Versions of Visual Studio 2005", but without any succes. When running MSICUU it gave "run-time error '-2147024882 (8007000e)': System Error &H80004005(-2147467259). A not further defined error." And no program could be de-installed that way. Then I decided to run msiinv but I couldn't get a *.txt file output. Unless I attempted several times to de-install programs as SQL Server 2005 (and accompanying programs, report server, msvml6, vss, etc) and Visual Studio 2005. msiinv still reports their presence.
All this information I visible stored in a mail message that I first sent to an other Microsoft department. If you are interested, please give me a mail address where I can send it so you can have a good look at all the error messages.
I can not work without a computer so I used a recently back-up file, without the SQL and Visual installation, to restore my C-drive. All I have to do now is re-install everything. But I think there should be an improvement on how the add/remove programs work for SQL and Visual Studio. To me it seems that there is beeing left maps and folders regarding these programs that were not there before the install. One is the %\Program Files|Microsoft SQL Server folder and the other is the My Documents\Visual Web Developer folder. It might be usefull to let the user decide which files/folders to be left on his computer.
I also would like to enter another comment. I noticed during this "new" install of MSVML6 SQL, Setup Support Files and SQL Server Database Services the Status reports that items are beeing removed, not for sure if all is been backed-up, from the system and later for some components during the Setup Progress back-up files were removed. I remember that during installations of windows people always had the choice to backup their old version which could be restored later after a de-install. I keep on feeling that with the SQL install this not occurs and that this might cause a problem during de-install.
I am sorry but with the restore there is no longer a LOG file for the Setup Bootstrap.
Regards Jan J
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