Lavsa, Rich
Rich_Lavsa at pghcorning.com
Wed Aug 11 14:43:31 CDT 2004
We have issues like this with other software. The way we remove it if the uninstall does not work is to DELETE all known folders where the application lived. Second is to run a Registry Clean utility. The reason to DELETE the application folders is because if you don't, a good registry cleaner will try to find where the files have moved in which you are back to square 1. We use Norton which shows you what it is going to fix before it fix's it. By following this process it allows you to remove all folders and then cleans the registry entries that link back to the folders\files, thereby breaking the application and all references to it. Reboot making sure all the SQL Services are not started and try to do a fresh install. Like I said we use this method for a different application when it goes haywire on us, hopefully it will work for you. I would back up your machine first as I have never tried this with SQL Server, don't know the implications of using this method. IF you try it please try it at your own risk and PLEASE back everything up JUST IN CASE. rich -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Fuller [mailto:artful at rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:13 PM To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-SQLServer] SQL install f**ked up I have asked this before in several lists but so far received no useful response, so I'll try again. Can anyone provide a recipe that is guaranteed to blow away all traces of MS-SQL on my development machine? Everything used to work fine, by which I mean the server, EM, QA, Yukon beta, etc. Then something happened, no idea what, and now nothing works. I can't uninstall successfully, I can't re-install... Nada! I even booted safe and renamed the directory, then reinstalled and even that didn't work. Fortunately I have other boxes that I can use, and of course all the data is backed up safely (and now resides on said server), but that's not the issue. I want to blow away every trace of SQL on this box and then successfully re-install. Any suggestions, short of a complete reformat? TIA, Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com