SQL Express install issue

Help,

I can not seem to install or uninstall SQL Express. I receive this notification, "SQL Server 2005 CTP Setup has detected incompatable beta components from Visual Studio or SQL Express."

I have read the forums and it seems others are having the same issue. Hope this helps you figure out what is going on.

I have followed all the readme files and ran the cleanup wizard utility to help resolve any issues and nothing is working. Going through this process is difficult and time consuming!!!! I have been through this process twice before posting this thread. Could you give me suggestions on where SQL might still be installed and how to remove it. It is not listed in the add and remove programs control panel.

Thanks for the Express programs, once they stablize they will be great.

Carol

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SQL Express install issue

Christine Zhao - MSFT
Worked like a charm. Thank you.
CamDen
Hi,

The problem is in registry keys. See the post below for registry keys that need to be deleted: http://forums.asp.net/1070169/ShowPost.aspx

Regards,
Vikram
KenY
Thank you both for evaluating our Beta version of Express. With the launch of the release version of Visual Studio 2005, you can now download and install the release version of the Express Editions from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express. Please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/uninstall for uninstall instructions.
Lakshmi
Well I thought it worked it installed but when I tried to access the database functions in Visual Express C# it keeped looking for a higher version of Framework beta 2.0. I think I installed SQL 2005 instead of express so I tried to uninstall this version downloaded the Sept version of SQL Express (yeh I know) and now I am back to square one. I looked all through the registry under Classes Installer Products and there is no SQL anything. Any suggestions.

Thank you.
liffey
I've been having the same problem for days now. I don't believe there's a fix for this. I could of saved many hours by reinstalling xp.
lasher999
Thank you for the prompt reply. I will post the results.
SQL Express install issue

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