Re: Wrecked my Visual Studio 2005 install, need help installing it cle

Try this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/uninstall/default.aspx

Also, Aaron Stebner's blog
(http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/492809.aspx) has a bunch of
troubleshooting guides.

Barry

"Ramon Reyes" <RamonReyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D050AA28-79D9-4AE6-B768-9B2B3DDF6C92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello guys,
>
> I have Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Build Beta 2 on my computer. For
> a
> while now, I had it installed and humming along fairly smoothly with
> almost
> no hiccups - period.
>
> I recently bought a pocket pc to begin developing directly to my device.
> When the device said it needed to have NET Compact Framework 2.0, I
> downloaded the redistributable right off the microsoft website and
> uploaded
> it to the pocketpc after installing it on my computer.
>
> That's when the errors started.
>
> After that, I could not see emulator images of pocketpc projects I had.
> After struggling with it for a while, I ultimately decided to uninstall
> the
> Visual Studio software and all the sdks I had on my pc, but I made a
> mistake.
> I uninstalled the Visual Studio beta 2 without following proper
> instructions,
> so I basically opened the Windows Add/Remove programs window and went down
> the line a program at a time, uninstalling without being careful as to
> what I
> was uninstalling.
>
> I wound up in a situation where I uninstalled the Net Compact Framework
> 2.0
> before uninstalling SQL Server 2005 beta software. At that point the SQL
> server stuff didn't want to uninstall.
>
> I then downloaded the visual studio 2005 beta remover app from the
> microsoft
> site and tried to see if it could clean up my act, but it too had problems
> removing the visual studio sql server 2005 beta apps off my pc.
>
> My last resort was to download the microsoft install cleaner utility to
> try
> to remove some things off the pc. I am not sure at this point whether I
> used
> it or not, but I do remember through many means that I was unable to
> remove
> the SQL Server 2005 beta apps that go with the whole Visual Studio 2005
> beta
> 2 suite.
>
> After trying to restore Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 through a restore point,
> I
> ultimately uninstalled it again (and it still hiccuped with the SQL Server
> 2005 beta software erroring out of the uninstall procedure).
>
> Fast forward a day. I decided to try reinstalling Visual Studio 2005 beta
> 2
> all over again - my logic was that if I did so, it would "cover up the
> holes", if you will. So I grabbed the cds and tried again.
>
> I was actually able to restore most of the functionality, and most
> everything reinstalled. Let's review:
>
> I reinstalled Visual Studio 2005 almost completely, but it did not
> properly
> install the SQL Server 2005 apps.
>
> I reinstalled Visual Studio 2005 almost completely, but now, I can only
> program for the pocketpc that I have and export directly to the device.
> Emulators are not "connecting" and are not running sample programs I have.
>
> How do I start from square one? I would either like to
>
> (a) completely remove Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 so I can install Visual C#
> and Visual C++ express editions and use the SDKs to program mobile
> software
> on them, or
>
> (b) remove everything Visual Studio beta-related one more time, and try to
> reinstall the beta software again (at least until the beta dies down this
> May).
>
> What can I do? In any event, I want to guarantee that it is going to be a
> clean install all around. (I'm ready to follow instructions now... :)
>
> Thank you for reading this post. ANY help is welcome and appreciated.
>
> Thanks again,
> Ramon
>
> --
> Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and
> opens
> the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
>
> - Revelation 3:20


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