Bad un-install of SQL Server 2005 Tools Express Edition CTP

I have used the tool at this URL

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/uninstall/#Tool

and *cannot* get SQL Server 2005 Tools Express Edition CTP to uninstall. I get the following dialog box:

"The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore. The action is Write_CommitFlag. The error is:Unable to write property into cache flagCommit Unable to write property into cache: "flagCommit" XmlRW Error: Failure loading xmlrw.dll CheckAllProcedures() returned 2."

Any ideas as to how I can work around this ?

Just dug this out of forums, and I believe it fixed my issues. Reposting for everyone's benefit.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=130776&SiteID=1

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1.Run 'SQL Server 2005 Tools Express Edition' setup with -x from command prompt this will extract all setup files into a folder.

2. search a help file in that folder and go to ‘command line ‘ help topic, you can run that command(s) from command prompt.

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Bad Installation, can't uninstall, can't re-install

Something happened to my SQL installation on my development machine, and I can't fix it. I can't uninstall, I can't re-install. I even booted safe mode, deleted the SQL directory and tried to install -- that failed too. The best I have been able to manage
is installing the client tools.
I have a regular server but I prefer to do development on a local installation so as not to slow the server down or clutter it with my experiments.
The client tools cannot see my real server. The curious thing is that an Access ADP that I run CAN see the server, and hit its database with no problem.
I'm running winXP with all the service packs.
The message that I get when I try to run EM or QA locally is:
[Microsoft] ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLAllocHandle on SQL_HANDLE_ENV failed.
I have no idea what this message means.
Can I forcibly uninstall everything do to with SQL Server and start over? Are there registry settings I have to kill as well? Or is my only choice to back up everything and then reformat and start over? That could take days! I have a LOT of software tools
installed on the development machine.
Arthur Fuller
Chief Code Monkey
Artful Development Organization
This error: "[Microsoft] ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLAllocHandle on
SQL_HANDLE_ENV failed.
" seems to indicated a problem with the ODBC components on the machine.
Try installing MDAC 2.7 sp1Refresh on the box.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...0f2-cae7-493d-
b0f3-ae36c570ade8&languageid=f49e8428-7071-4979-8a67-3cffcb0c2524&displaylan
g=en
Thanks,
Kevin McDonnell
Microsoft Corporation
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Bad Installation, can't uninstall, can't re-install

Something happened to my SQL installation on my development machine, and I c
an't fix it. I can't uninstall, I can't re-install. I even booted safe mode,
deleted the SQL directory and tried to install -- that failed too. The best
I have been able to manage
is installing the client tools.
I have a regular server but I prefer to do development on a local installati
on so as not to slow the server down or clutter it with my experiments.
The client tools cannot see my real server. The curious thing is that an Acc
ess ADP that I run CAN see the server, and hit its database with no problem.
I'm running winXP with all the service packs.
The message that I get when I try to run EM or QA locally is:
[Microsoft] ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLAllocHandle on SQL_HANDLE_E
NV failed.
I have no idea what this message means.
Can I forcibly uninstall everything do to with SQL Server and start over? Ar
e there registry settings I have to kill as well? Or is my only choice to ba
ck up everything and then reformat and start over? That could take days! I h
ave a LOT of software tools
installed on the development machine.
Arthur Fuller
Chief Code Monkey
Artful Development OrganizationThis error: "[Microsoft] ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLAllocHandle on
SQL_HANDLE_ENV failed.
" seems to indicated a problem with the ODBC components on the machine.
Try installing MDAC 2.7 sp1Refresh on the box.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...00f2-cae7-493d-
b0f3-ae36c570ade8&languageid=f49e8428-7071-4979-8a67-3cffcb0c2524&displaylan
g=en
Thanks,
Kevin McDonnell
Microsoft Corporation
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Bad Installation But Cannot Uninstall Reporting Services - Need He

I seem to have had a problem regarding my installation of SQL Server 2005 -
Developer Edition on my Windows XP Pro machine. I have tried to uninstall
either Reporting Services or all of SQL Server. However, it keeps getting
stuck in the Uninstall of Reporting Services and then does a rollback.
The error that I am getting in each case is as follows:
Setup failed to read IISMEMMAP TABLE. The Errorcode is -2147024893.
Does anyone know how to get out of this so I can try to fix the installation?
Thanks for any advice.
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John GallagherHi John,
You may try using the tools below to remove SQL Server 2005 manually
Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/en-us
Sincerely yours,
Michael Cheng
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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