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

Darryl Collins darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Sun Nov 20 20:11:56 CST 2011


Hehehe...   I bet he has been called far worse than that ;)


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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson
Sent: Monday, 21 November 2011 12:42 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Autoremoval of SQL Server Express 2005 when uninstalling Business Contact Manager for Outlook

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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