[AccessD] Autoremoval of SQL Server Express 2005 when uninstalling Business Contact Manager for Outlook

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sun Nov 20 20:05:45 CST 2011


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On 20 Nov 2011 at 20:41, William Benson wrote:

> STUART NOT STU.... APOLOGIES!
> On Nov 20, 2011 8:41 PM, "William Benson" <vbacreations at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > You asked "was..." it is not something I had thought to check at the time.
> > I can check if it is still there but from the way you phrased the question
> > Stu I get sense it would be gone now and therefore not able to be verified?
> > If I can find BCM for O somewhere I might try installing it again to check
> > the removal process out more thoroughly.
> >
> > Thanks for the idea on this.
> > On Nov 20, 2011 4:35 PM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Was the only instance of SQL Server in " Services" named "MSSMLBIZ" ?
> >>
> >> If so, it was installed by Business Contact Manager as a named instance
> >> and correctly
> >> removed.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Stuart
> >>
> >> On 20 Nov 2011 at 13:34, William Benson wrote:
> >>
> >> > A minor beef, I wonder if others have shared this experience.
> >> >
> >> > When uninstalling Outlook Business Contact Manager 2007, the uninstaller
> >> > also removed SQL Server 2005 Express.
> >> >
> >> > I have no way to know when that item had been installed, but it looks to
> >> > have been permanently removed by the uninstaller, sure enough.
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts on why Microsoft would do that? I thought SQL Server
> >> Express
> >> > was a free Sql Server engine?
> >> >
> >> > I imagine there are places I can download it from again, but why would
> >> > Microsoft put me through this hassle I wonder, just because I was taking
> >> > some other softwars off my machine?
> >> >
> >> > I recognize that *maybe* had I selected Custom and made choices to keep
> >> > certain items and remove only certain items, I might have had the
> >> option to
> >> > retain SQL Server 2005 Express, however my feeling on this is that
> >> there is
> >> > no way I would have no reason to presuppose (and didn't) I was removing
> >> an
> >> > unrelated product during a removal of Business Contact Manager for
> >> Outlook.
> >> >
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