Can't uninstall MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta

Can't uninstall MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta

• CalvinH

  Still no success. I keep trying different things with no success. I keep getting the same results and at the same time asking myself how difficult could it be for Microsoft to help me with this problem. Im a Senior Software Enginner myself and their support is at this point null. If and when I fix the problem I will post it here.

  Jack

  
  

• Phoenixheart

  Hello,

  I don't know if you have tried uninstall using Product Code GUID. You can try following:

  From Start, Run, type ‘cmd’

  in cmd window type msiexec /x {4202D169-BAC5-4D0A-BF52-1043F7577DAF} /l* C:\msdnuninstall.log

  If it fails, send msdnuninstall.log to us (khairunj@microsoft.com)

  Thanks

  Khairun
  

  
  
  

• Rocy

  Hi Jack,

  I have received your log file and looking into the cause of uninstall failure, I will update you as soon as find out the cause of failure.

  Thanks

  Khairun Jamal

  
  
  

• ctlatd2

  There is aVS2005 beta uninstall tool here:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/uninstall/default.aspx

  Hopefully it will uninstall the MSDN library as well. Let me know if this doesn't work.

  Michael Blome

  Visual C# Documentation Team

  
  

• Shi Bai

  Any luck on finding a solution I have had the same identical problem. The uninstall tool didn't work and I got the same XML error message. I can't uninstall the MSDN Library and I can't install my Visual Studio 2005 until I do. I think it might be the last time I try a beta version.
  

• CHOPSAW

  Hi,

  Yes I did try running msiexec before and I tried it again exactly as you suggested.

  Again it failed.

  I sent to you my msdnuninstall.log

  Thank You for any help.

  Jack

  
  

• Robert Arthur

  I'm willing to try anything. I want to start using Visual Studio 2005 on my laptop and I can't.

  Thanks for any help,

  Jack

  
  

• varunsagii

  For the record

  I'm currently working with a Microsoft representative to resolve this issue. Once it's resolved the resolution will be posted. I promise.

  Jack

  
  

• Chapel Presson

  Hi Everyone,
  
  I would just like to inform you that i have exactly the same problem as Jack, both at home and on my office computer. I have spend 2 days to reinstall entire windows XP installation on home computer + adding Visual Basic Express edition after Visual Studio Beta expiration... I felt quite.... khm...
  
  Thus i noticed that on the Express editions page it says you have to uninstall MSDN Library, some other products and Visual Studio later... I have uninstalled Visual Studio first, tryed to uninstall msdn library at later stage. Could that be a problem It shouldn't be or the Visual Studio intaller should warn you about possible danger.
  
  Tanx for possible reply....
  
  PS I also get notice about XML page cannot be displayed, so i found the file, delete   , ssave and run again. I think it says something about proper rights... for change or deleting some file..

  
  

• Codeine

  Yes I did have Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 beta on the machine. I made sure each of the three times that I've tried to do the uninstall that .NET Framework 2.0 beta was installed. This is a tough one. Everything I try MSDN trys to uninstall but always performs a roll-back.

  Thanks for your feedback

  Jack

  
  

• sThanes

  There was a bug in Beta that you need Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 beta on the machine to uninstall MSDN library for Visual Studio 2005 beta. So if you have uninstalled .Net Framework 2.0 beta then please reinstall it and then try to uninstall MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 beta.

  I hope this solve your issue.

  Khairun

  
  
  

• darkwitch

  I'll forward this to the MSDN team.
  

• Mr Bongo

  I got it fixed.

  Thanks to Khairun Jamal of Microsoft he was able to help troubleshoot to a solution.

  I successfully uninstalled MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta by doing the following.

  1. Start->Run, type C:\windows\Installer (In my case it was C:\WINNT\installer), this will open a folder with *.msi packages
  2. Find MSDN msi in the list (it will be named like 12345.msi where 12345 is some sequence, to spot it, look for package that 6,318KB in size (put the mouse cursor on the msi and tooltip will show the msi name
  3. After msi is found, open it with ORCA (the utility to open MSI http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/orca_exe.asp)
  4. Go to InstallExecuteSequence table, find row

  CA_ScheduleRepairArchive.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 ( (Installed) AND (BATCHSETUP<>1) ) 6388

  replace second column in this row with 0, so this row will look like this:

  5. CA_ScheduleRepairArchive.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 0 6388

  6. Do the same with CA_RepairArchive.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 ( (Installed) AND (BATCHSETUP<>1) ) 6409

  replace second column in this row with 0, so this row will look like this:

  CA_RepairArchive.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 0 6409

  6. save msi and close.
  7. lauch uninstall again. Note I ran uninstall from the command prompt typing msiexec /x {4202D169-BAC5-4D0A-BF52-1043F7577DAF} /l*v C:\msdnuninstall.log. The log file was for Khairun in case he needed more information.

  Anyway this worked for me. I hope you have the same luck.

  Thanks again Khairun for your help.

  Jack

  
  

• Puneet Sarda

  Thank you Michael for replying,

  I was worried that I wouldn't get a reply.

  I ran the VS2005 beta uninstall tool as you suggested. This would be the third time trying. I keep getting the same result. When it gets to uninstalling the MSDN library the tool trys to uninstall it, the progress bar proceeds all the way to the right as if it's doing it but then at the very end the progress bar goes back the other direction as if it's rolling back any uninstalling it did and the uninstall utility proceeds on. At the end I get the following message.

  The XML page cannot be displayed
  Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Reference to undefined entity 'nbsp'. Error processing resource 'file:///C:/DOCUME~1/Owner/LOCALS~1/Temp/IXP000.TMP/failed....

  &nbsp; <!-- div id="RPCreated" style="display:none">
  -----------------------------^

  The MSDN library is not uninstalled. Any additional suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks for your help.

  Jack

  
  

  
  
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