November 2, 2009 at 10:44 pm
To cut a long story short, I was hapilly using SQL server express 2005 along with VWD 2005 until I ran into a problem. I then decided to uninstall my 2005 suite and go for 2008 (SQL server express and VWD).
I seemed to be having numerous problems installing the SQL server express 2008 edition, namely the fact that I found the installation center hugely over-confusing. All I really wanted was an installer like with most programs.
So after several hours of browsing the net and trying to install SQL server express 2008, I decided to give up and reinstall the 2005 suite again!
Now, when I run the installer it says there is a SQLEXPRESS instance already installed as part of the 2008 package, even though I deleted the whole 2008 suite through the control panel.
So basically now I cannot install the named instance SQLEXPRESS because somehow my machine thinks its already installed. Of course I could create another instance but It has been bugging me for so long now I want to get rid of the 2008 instance for good.
Any ideas why this is still here and how I could manually remove the instance somehow?
Thanks very much for your time.
Andi.
November 3, 2009 at 12:40 pm
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With everything uninstalled, all keys removd from regedit, and all directories deleted, I still get this when I try to install the SQL server 2005 express.
November 3, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Hate to say it, but when I had to remove a copy of SQL Express that had been messed up from a workstation, I ended up wiping the machine and doing a fresh installation of the OS.
There might be a better way to handle it, but that's what I had to do in a similar situation to yours.
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November 3, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Thanks
Anybody else got any ideas that I may not have tried?
Reinstallation is really my very last option because of the time it would take to reconfigure everything.
November 3, 2009 at 9:15 pm
So i spent the evening reinstalling the OS. Havnt got round to trying SQL server express yet, but hopefully this will have fixed it. Shame something so snnoying requires a reinstall.
Andi.
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