Follow Brad's advice, and also wipe out the contents of the HOME(7) directory as well (that's the user application data directory).

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>When I try to uninstall vfp8beta (was MSDN download - target system W2K SP 3) using the instructions in the release product release notes (downloaded today from the MSDN site) after the selecting "uninstall all" the next window to open is the "update" frame with "update" page selected and eventually an error window which says setup failed and an offer to read the error and install logs.
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>error log:
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InstallManagerHelper()
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] setup.exe: [2] Component error string not specified in ISetupManager::AddToActionResultCollection()
>***EndOfSession***
>
>installation log aroung the error:
>[02/06/03,14:03:10] Setup.exe: Visual FoxPro 8.0 Professional - English [{235D8A94-2F97-11D6-A551-0090278A1BB8}]
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] vs70uimgr: Entering RunningComponent() method.
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] Setup.exe: GetGlobalCustomProperty({A4421CB8-2DFF-4FB4-B59E-5E79F9DC09A0})
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] Visual FoxPro 8.0 Professional - English: MsiInstallProduct initiated with command line: SUITEINTEGRATIONKEY="{3F83A255-3399-4eb8-B2F6-38C2DF5A111D}" VSEXTUI=1 REMOVE=ALL ARPINSTALLLOCATION="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8\"
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] setup.exe: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InstallManagerHelper()
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] setup.exe: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : Component error string not specified in ISetupManager::AddToActionResultCollection()
>[02/06/03,14:03:11] Setup.exe: ISetupManager::RunInstallFromList(IP_INSTALL) completed