Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 + SQL Server 2005 CTP – April Dev

This weekend I installed Visual Studio 2005 Team Suit Beta 2 and SQL Server 2005 CTP - April 2005 - Developer Edition. I followed these steps to uninstall VS 2005 and SQL Server 2005 before I began installing the updated version. The VS 2005 Beta 2 uninstall went smooth, but the SQL Server Beta 2 uninstall was anything but smooth. SQL Server Beta 2 and components seemed to uninstall correctly, so I proceeded to install the new version of SQL Server 2005. When the new version of Yukon was installed, I noticed that I was missing the tools and DTS (these features were enabled)!

Next, I uninstalled Yukon and then installed the 2.0.40607 version of the .NET Framework. I then installed/uninstalled the first version of SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 that I started with (originally installed in January). The ghost entries were still there after this uninstall…

Finally, I used this tool to see what MSI was reporting to be installed. I then tried to use msiexec /x which seemed to work from the dialogs, but the ghost entries were still hanging around. I finally fired up my good friend, regedit, and removed all entries matching the ghost MSI entries. Once the registry entries were removed, the April CTP install completed successfully and I finally had the tools and DTS.

The installation of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 went smooth and I made sure to disable the SQL Server 2005 Express option. Everything it working great now!