Re: How to delete the remains of an incomplete uninstall of an SQL server 2000 instance ?

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From: PeterK (p.kuhne_at_verizon.net)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:57:52 -0700

The HowTo was a good start, but did not solve the problem.
When I get to the point where it recommends to ".. delete the ..binn
directory..." I get to the same problem, i.e. I cannot delete sqlctr80.dll
because it is in use.
So the problem to be solved is to find out, what process uses this and
perhaps other dlls in the same directory.
The server instance in question cannot be added to SQL Server Enterprise
Manager.
TIA

"Dinesh T.K" <tkdinesh@nospam.mail.tkdinesh.com> wrote in message
news:eHWqAmNVEHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Peter,
>
> Q290991 HOW TO: Manually Remove SQL Srv. 2000 Default, Named or Virtual
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290991
>
> HOW TO: Manually Remove a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE
> 2.0) Instance
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320873
>
> --
> Dinesh
> SQL Server MVP
> --
> --
> SQL Server FAQ at
> http://www.tkdinesh.com
>
> "PeterK" <p.kuhne@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:OOyGbfNVEHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > An Sql server instance cannot be uninstalled because the uninstall file
> was
> > not found by the uninstaller (add/remove programs).
> > When I try to delete all the files from the Program files\Microsoft SQL
> > Server directory, I get a message "Cannot delete sqlctr80.dll, the file
> > might be in use (or similar), (which is in the binn sub directory). This
> > happens even after the server was stopped.
> > How do I get rid of all of the SQL server related files? SQL server does
> not
> > allow me to repair an instance (to add the uninstall file).
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
>

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