I cannot install SQL 2005 on my computer

Hello everybody,

I had installed vs 2005 beta 2 and I wanted to install SQL 2005, so I removed all the components which were installed and were beta edition by control panel and by the tool microsoft supply.

I downloaded sql 2005 but when I wanted to install it, the installation showed me an error that I need to remove all the components that are beta and exited.

The control panel show that there is nothing from vs 2005 beta but the tool try to remove 2 things and has errors. With Everest I see that the components of vs 2005 beta are still in my computer and I cannot remove them.

Someone can help me? I have been searching for an answer for 3 months without any success.

When I try to uninstall the components from Everst it doesn't do anything or start to uninstall and then stop with the error that it cannot write to cache and cannot read property "InstallIds" {"MachineConfiguration","","BAR"} from cache.

It succeed to uninstall programs which I can see at control panel.

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Start with http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/uninstall/ and see where that get you. There are a number of components installed by VS 2005 Beta 2 that must be uninstalled manually, this link will help.

Regards,

Mike Wachal
SQL Express team

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Any update on this? Did the information at the site resolve the problem for you?

Mike