Uninstall VB LINQ preview

I recently installed the final version of Visual Studio 2005.  The Linq preview stopped working at this time.  I went to the VB website and noticed there is an update for the final version.

I tried running the update and was prompted to uninstall the previous version. I tried to uninstall but it won't.  I keep getting the message.

Cannot find Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0

I'm stuck now as i can't uninstall the preview version for the beta can't install the preview version for the release.

Any suggestions


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Uninstall VB LINQ preview

  • Gangadhar

    This is happening because VB LINQ Preview updated some file in .NET Framework 2.0 PDC 2005 Release version, so the uninstallation process needs to find the PDC 2005 Release of .NET Framework in order to restore/delete those files properly.

    You have 2 options.
    1. Reinstall the PDC 2005 Release of .NET Framework 2.0 from CD/Media (the file is under WCU\DotNetFramework Directory), uninstall VB LINQ Preview, and then uninstall that version of .NET Framework.
    2. Go to Registry Editor and completely delete the registry key
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\52DE19C7B1B006B4CB3F3201B6E6E5D8

    Either option will allow you to install the final version of VB LINQ Preview.

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