Uninstalling Team Foundation Server

Uninstalling Team Foundation Server

• vegabros

  I'm having problems un-installing on 1 box and 2 (I'm trying to setup a dual server install but since it has been failing I've moved to one).

  As of now my dt is so messed up that when I try to reinstall that the install finished ok (so the setup program says) but when you open vs2005 to look for the databases they are not showing up but when you browse to the default database location they exist.

  I see that once I uninstall that the HKCU\software\microsoft\visual studio\8.0 folder is still there. Should I delete this after un-install Do you know what else I can get rid of Thanks.

  
  

• pacuhy

  Hi,

  Are you still having issues with the uninstall If so, please let me know and I will have the appropriate person assigned to provide help.

  Thanks,
  -Matt

  
  
  

• jonalder

  Yes I am still having problems.

  It is a single box install.

  My boss is on my case about it because the application log has nothing but TFS Services errors in it.

  
  

• dipz

  A couple of different things

  1. If you find that the databases are still in the directory ... take a look at SQL and if you don't find the databases there, here's the situation. Someone dettached the databases from SQL. TFS setup will not re-attach them for you. You need to do this yourself and then run setup. Here's what is happening -- we attempt to find exisisting DB in SQL but we don't find it. We try to create it, but get an error from SQL that the files already exist (on disk). Because of certain SQL considerations we ignore the error during this phase and assume some other things (not relevant why we do this). SO, you are left with a successful install, but in reality the DBs aren't connected to SQL.

  2. The HKCU part of the hive is for customization (user preferences, etc.) so an uninstall will not clean these up. Very conscience decision on our part ... e.g., never delete user's data. You can certainly clean this up yourself.

  Hope that helps

  marc

  
  
  

• erked2

  I looked at the event log, there is literally hundreds of errors from TFS. I'm not sure dumping all that information will be helpful to you.

  I looked at the VSMsi*.txt file and one of the last statements is that the installation completed successfully.

  Can you be a little more specific about what you are trying to do and why

  I am trying to uninstall TFS as it is not functioning correctly. I have tried to do a repair, uninstall, reinstall. Nothing works. I would appreciate brute force uninstall directions if you have them.

  Thanks.

  
  

• linhardt

  What happens when you just try to install TFS again

  We check w/ MSI to determine if the product is installed and if it says no I understand why repair and uninstall will fail.

  I can get you specific instructions for brute force uninstalling. But I will need more details, 1 box or 2. Dt or At

  marc

  
  
  

• sydneyx

  Can you be a little more specific about what you are trying to do and why

  You say there are errors in the event log -- this isn't necessarily unexpected. If you could capture some information and give it to us we can help you understand what is happening.

  As for uninstall ...

  This should work just fine. Can you track down any output from the uninstall (should be a VSMsi*.txt file)

  
  
  
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