Uninstalling Beta 2

Hi all,

I'm having trouble getting Visual Web Developer Express 2005 installed because I'm having problems uninstalling Visual Web Developer Express and SQL Server Express (both Beta 2). I can't install the full new version until I get these off my computer.

I try uninstalling it by going to the Add/Remove programs in the CP, but always get a message when I try and remove SQL Express or VWD Express that says that "Setup Failed." I then click on the help button thats available and it says that the file 'setup.rll' is what is generating the message. Also the event type listed: 'sharedsetup\sharedsetupactions.cpp'

I'm figuring restoring VWD and SQL Express would do the job, but I don't have the EXE that I downloaded to install these programs.

Is there some way to by pass this Or am I stuck until I can get my hands on the EXE that would install/restore the programs, so I could delete them

Help! Tongue Tied

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Uninstalling Beta 2

Kulwant

Scott Currie MSFT wrote:
The instructions linked below detail the process for removing preview releases of Visual Studio 2005 from your system. It also links to a tool that will probably be helpful in your situation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/uninstall/

Scott Currie
DDCPX Program Manager
Microsoft

Scott, thing is that uninstall program doesn't do the job. For some reason, it just hangs after saying it has detected one thing and then it doesn't do anything.

javajava
Same problem as Kimm :-(
Pavan526
Same issue - the uninstall tool error message is:

The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore. The action is Write_CommitFlag. The error is: Unable to write propery into cache: flagCommit
Unable to write property into cache: "flagCommit"
XmlRW Error:Failur loading xmlrw.dll
CheckAllProcedures() returned:2

This appears to be associated with left over SQL Server Tools which does not show-up on the add/remove programs list - I haven't found an unstall program yet. Hopefully, someone will have a good solution - I really don't want to edit the registry!
PhilWilson
It took me a day and a half to finally get VC# RTM up and running because the beta did not uninstall properly. I found the suggested tool, but it gave errors when files it expected to be there did not exist (!).

In the end the only way I could get the tool to work was to re-download and install the beta.

PS I wish now I hadn't bothered because my app that was virtually ready for release now won't even compile!
smileshalini
Finally fixed my issue by manually editing the registry.

This info applies only to the error of "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools Express Edition CTP" not being removed by the cleanup tool on this particular PC.

1. Using add/remove programs, follow the instructions in
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/uninstall/
     I went ahead and deleted dotNet2.0 also

2. Backup the registry (or at least the keys you edit/delete)

3. Don't skip step one

4. Delete the key -

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\983B05722D2A359499AC721C2F8A6EDF]

5. After that I ran the CD (from an extract on a hard drive) and installed all of the products.

=============================

There were a couple of other keys in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\   section that probably could have been removed also, but I left them for now.

As always, you're on your own if you edit the registry!!
Bjorn Sigurd Benestad Johansen
I have been unsuccessfull for two nights trying to uninstall MSDN Express Library Beta 2. I have tried both via the control panel and with the uninstall tool, both methods start and then stop about halfway through and stay in that state for hours.
The only way out is a full restart, all other components have uninstalled correctly.

I am getting close to hacking the registry and related files to try and load the new releases. Otherwise I am quite impressed with what I have seen in the Beta's and I am looking forward to trying the release versions
Long Tan
Hope i can fix it by today..
already fed up with it..
hope microsoft will release new patch to fix it..

ginOMag

Rusty H wrote:
Same issue - the uninstall tool error message is:

The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore. The action is Write_CommitFlag. The error is: Unable to write propery into cache: flagCommit
Unable to write property into cache: "flagCommit"
XmlRW Error:Failur loading xmlrw.dll
CheckAllProcedures() returned:2

This appears to be associated with left over SQL Server Tools which does not show-up on the add/remove programs list - I haven't found an unstall program yet. Hopefully, someone will have a good solution - I really don't want to edit the registry!

I had this problem and it was fixed by re-installing the beta and then running the tool again.

Soulia
Success at last, I saved the uninstall utility locally instead of running it from the link and ran it last night. It had been running for around 3 hours when I decided to call it quits. I left it running overnight and was very pleased to see it had finally deleted the MSDN Express Library by this morning. Now I can finally load the release versions.
ash927
same problem to me..
I cant get to unistall the SQL server 2005 in order to install the Final Release of VS2005 Express..
the Error seems same as post #5
ISV Royalty Program
The instructions linked below detail the process for removing preview releases of Visual Studio 2005 from your system. It also links to a tool that will probably be helpful in your situation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/uninstall/

Scott Currie
DDCPX Program Manager
Microsoft
Uninstalling Beta 2

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