>The Removal Progress does not go past (not really hangs but progress stops) on Install_SQL_Engine_Core_Inst_Loc_CPU64_1033_Action.
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>I think this is the same process/program that stops during the installation. Any suggestions?
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>>I want to un-install SQL Server 2008 Express so that I can (hopefully) install it again with the SQL Server Management studio.
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>>In the Control Panel Uninstall programs I have the following items pertaining to SQL Server:
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>>SQL Server 2008 R2 (64bit)
>>SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Objects
>>SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client
>>SQL Server 2008 R2 Setup
>>SQL Server 2008 Setup Support Files
>>SQL Server Browser
>>SQL Server System CLR Types
>>SQL Server VSS Writer
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>>Any suggestions on the order of removing the above items?
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>>(In case someone is wondering why I want to remove. When I try to install SQL Server 2008 with SSMS or SQL Server 2012 with SSMS the installation hangs on the step Installation Progress)
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>>TIA
Not fun trying to uninstall SQL Server.
Go into your task manager, look at services.
Be sure that anything that looks like a SQL service has been stopped.