SQL 2005 Tools Install fails on Windows 7 64-bit

Question

Help needed from Microsoft. My attempt to install SQL 2005 Tools on Windows 7 64-bit machine failed, and now I cannot successfully uninstall it or reinstall it. I get a weird error message like: "0:Watson 1:1317 2:StreamSupportFiles 3:sqlCreateDirectory 4:5 5:t:\yukon\sql\setup\darwin\sqlcastub\catarget.cpp 6:36 7:sqlcastub.dll 8:sqlrun.msi". Also my HKLM\Sofftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folder has dozens of SQL 64-bit entries. Should I delete these before starting over?

Please advise how to clean out the failed install from my registry, and best practices for properly installing SQL 2005 Tools on my Windows 7 64-bit. Thanks!

Answer 1

After attempting to install SQL 2005 Tools on Windows 7 64-bit machine, it failed and now I cannot successfully uninstall it or reinstall it. The error message I get is: "0:Watson 1:1317 2:StreamSupportFiles 3:sqlCreateDirectory 4:5 5:t:\yukon\sql\setup\darwin\sqlcastub\catarget.cpp 6:36 7:sqlcastub.dll 8:sqlrun.msi".

Please advise how to clean out the failed install from my registry, and best practices for properly installing SQL 2005 Tools on my Windows 7 64-bit.

Thanks, Joe

Answer 2

Did you try the remove option from Add/remove programs ?

Try to remove them using the windows clean up utility ( I am not sure how good it is with win 7 )

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Thanks, Leks