>>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.
Thank you. I asked the IT to reboot the server. Maybe after they reboot it and after I stop all SQL-like services, I can uninstall it. I agree with you on the challenges of uninstalling MS software.
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Why can't MS be more like Apple where removing an application is a cinch. MS, with all their billions of dollars, is the most incompetent software company. Period.
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