Sunday, September 01, 2013

SQL Server 2008 R2 installation fails

Installation wizard says 2005 tools should be uninstalled even after uninstalling all 2005 components



This is due to some add-ons installed for SQL Server 2005.
Here is the solution I found somewhere I don't remember: (Thanks to the author and I am sharing further)
  1. run Regedit
  1. Check HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\ShellSEM
  2. If it exists, rename "ShellSEM" to anything

  1. Run SQL server 2008 installation again