problems removing sql 6.5 tools

problems removing sql 6.5 tools

Post by Eric Falcone » Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:43:16



Hi, I recently had a need for sql enterprise manager, but
the only one I could find at the time was the sql 6.5
enterprise manager on the Visual Studio enterprise CDs.  
Unfortunately I installed this on Win2K and now I can't
seem to get rid of it.  There does not seem to be an
install for it, if I go back into the setup the option to
move sql server is still greyed-out (I did not install the
server, just the tools).  So I would appreciate it if
anyone knows how to uninstall sql 6.5 properly under win
2k.  Thanks,
 
 
 

problems removing sql 6.5 tools

Post by Rand Bo » Fri, 26 Oct 2001 04:30:32


Eric,

There is not an uninstall program for the SQL Server 6.5 utilities. They
haved to be removed manually. Below are teh steps to do that:

Delete the c:\mssql directory
Remove the Startup menu listings
Remove the 2 registry keys modified by installation:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer

Bear in mind that when editing the registry special caution should be taken.

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1. Problems 'Removing' SQL Server 6.5

I had SQL Server 6.5 Developer Edition (sp4) on WinNT4ws(sp4).  Using the
setup program, I "removed" SQL Server; then I removed the
remaining/lingering files manually.

Since I've installed SQL Server onto  another WinNT Server Machine,  I've
been trying to "Install Utilities Only" back onto the WinNT4ws(sp4) machine
(so as to use it as a client), but the option is grayed out in the setup
program -- apparently, the setup program believes SQL Server is still
installed on the machine; I even tried using the "/t RegistryRebuild = ON"
command line parameter to no avail.   I suspect that there are registry
entries which are confusing the setup program into believing SQL is still
installed.

Does anybody know how I can resolve this situation?

--
Raffi

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