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Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7

From	Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver, microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming, alt.windows7.general
Subject	Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7
Date	2012-04-18 14:54 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<kcduo7hllbdo84g73dt6rjsko25od0b5em@4ax.com> (permalink)

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Dear SQL and Windows 7 People:

     I have a system running Windows 7.  It is not my main system, and
I have not installed much on it.

     I installed SQL Server Express 2008 on it.  I also installed SQL
Server Denali.  The Denali installation ended up replacing my SSMS
with the Denali one.  Because of some differences in the behaviour of
the SSMS, I wanted 2008's SSMS back.

     I uninstalled both SQL Server versions and deleted all files in
the SQL Server directories in C:\Program Files and c:\Program Files
(x86).  Not knowing what to do about any possible Registry trash, I
did nothing to the Registry.

     I then installed SQL Server 2008 Express.  The installation was
successful.  Well, that is what I was told.  There was no SSMS!  I
have tried yet again (uninstall then install), and the same thing
happened again.

     I could just nuke the box and restart, but I would rather avoid
something that extreme and time-consuming.

     Is there anything I can do, or does this system get to be a
sacrificial goat to the evil god ReinstallFromOSOnUp?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-18 14:54 -0700
  Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Big Steel <YouCanRun@ButYouCannotHide.com> - 2012-04-18 21:10 -0400
    Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-18 18:20 -0700
      Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2012-04-18 22:06 -0500
  Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-19 22:46 +0200
    Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-19 20:18 -0700
      Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-20 09:17 +0200
    Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-19 22:29 -0700
      Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-20 09:22 +0200
        Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-20 08:18 -0700
          Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-21 00:20 +0200

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