Can 2 installation of MSDE coexist on one PC ?

Hi All,

We have 2 apps that use MSDE 2000. One app uses MSDE 2000 SP4 and is already
installed on the workstation. If I install, on the same machine, a second
app using MSDE 2000 SP3 then the first app stops working. I was able to run
a conflict detection tool (from Altiris) that gave me the result file
that I could send you (104 Kb). The tools scans two installation packages,
created on a newly
installed computer and shows potential conflicts between the 2 apps.

I`d like to know what can I do to make these apps coexist?

Here are a few lines from the conflict result file (too big to post):


Rip 1 = C:\temp\FDT1000.exe
Rip 2 = C:\temp\GMobile.exe

******************** REGISTRY CONFLICTS **********************

Data mismatch:
Rip 1: $Local
Machine$\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5B84B90E141EA724BAC03D06157222A4\ProductName
ProductName
Data: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (FDT)
Rip 2: $Local
Machine$\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5B84B90E141EA724BAC03D06157222A4\ProductName
ProductName
Data: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine

Data mismatch:
Rip 1: $Local
Machine$\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\02CA8A3CB02419F4A928F297F0961F5F\5B84B90E141EA724BAC03D06157222A4
5B84B90E141EA724BAC03D06157222A4
Data: $Program Files$\MSDEMSSQL$FDT\Binn\Resources\1033\sqlevn70.rll
Rip 2: $Local
Machine$\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\02CA8A3CB02419F4A928F297F0961F5F\5B84B90E141EA724BAC03D06157222A4
5B84B90E141EA724BAC03D06157222A4
Data: $Program Files$\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\Binn\Resources\1033\sqlevn70.rll

Data mismatch:
Rip 1: $Current User$\SessionInformation\ProgramCount
ProgramCount
Data: 0x2 (2)
Rip 2: $Current User$\SessionInformation\ProgramCount
ProgramCount
Data: 0x1 (1)

******************** FILE SYSTEM CONFLICTS ********************

Folder Conflict:
Rip 1: $Program Files$\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM\sqlresld.DLL Tuesday,
May 08, 2001, 22:37
Rip 2: $Program Files$\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\sqlresld.DLL
Tuesday, December 17, 2002, 17:25

Folder Conflict:
Rip 1: $Program Files$\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM\sqlresld.DLL Tuesday,
May 08, 2001, 22:37
Rip 2: $Program Files$\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Binn\sqlresld.dll
Tuesday, December 17, 2002, 17:25

Version Conflict:
Rip 1: $Program Files$\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM\sqlresld.DLL
Size: 29184 Bytes
Modified Time: Tuesday, May 08, 2001, 22:37
Rip 2: $Program Files$\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM\sqlresld.DLL
Size: 29248 Bytes
Modified Time: Tuesday, December 17, 2002, 17:25


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