SQL Server 2016 Management Studio CTP2.3 on Windows 7 SP1

Question

Hi guys,

I have the SSMS2016 CTP2.3 installed on my Windows 7 SP1 machine, but when I try uninstalling, it's complaining about the OS version.
Is there any way I can still remove this by modifying a configfile that has OS requirements or something?

Kind regards,

Jan Van humbeek

Answer 1

You may be able to add a SKIPRULE to get around the check so that you can proceed with uninstall.  An example command line to uninstall SSMS only would be:

setup.exe /SkipRules=EditionRequirementCheck /ACTION=Uninstall /FEATURES=Tools

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)



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Answer 2

Hi Samuel,

Thanks for your answer, but this is still throwing the same errormessage:



Kind regards,

Jan

Answer 3

This is known bug and Microsoft closed it as non reproducible.

Please see workaround mentioned in this connect item

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Answer 4

It looks like there was a similar issue with uninstalling 2014 on Windows 7 SP1.  Can you check if the workarounds listed in the Connect item below work for 2016 as well?

http://connectbeta.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedbackdetail/view/974626/cannot-uninstall-sql-express-2014-on-windows-7-sp1

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)

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Answer 5

I believe that the error message is correct, as Windows 7 is not listed as a supported operating system for SQL 2016. But this would mean that it was a bug in the first place that you could install it on Win7.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [e-mail]

Answer 6

I have this install on my Developer VM and the SQL install totally killed my machine. I can only run a very select few apps.  I can't remove the SQL. Now I am in the painful process of rebuilding my VM.

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Randy Schultz