Uninstalling Previous Versions of Visual Studio 2005

    以下的内容来自安装盘Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition上的readme,指导卸载Visual Studio 2005正式版之前的测试版本。卸载主要是按顺序来，首先，要安装Visual Studio 2005正式版，必须卸载之前的所有测试版；其次，卸载的时候要严格按照下面的顺序，如果顺序不当的话，很有可能造成有些组件卸载不了，这样会导致无法安装Visual Studio 2005正式版。如果出现这种情况，目前知道的，就只有重装系统了。不过不用担心，今天（2005年11月21日，在网络上看到一篇关于卸载SQL 2005旧版本的方法，不妨试试：Trouble with Installing SQL 2005 After Uninstalling CTP/Beta。

1.2. Uninstalling Previous Versions of Visual Studio 2005
If you have installed previous versions of Visual Studio 2005, such as Beta 2 or Community Technical Preview (CTP) builds of Visual Studio Team Suite, Visual Studio Standard or Visual Studio Professional, then you must uninstall in the exact order shown below before beginning to install any version of Visual Studio 2005:

1.              Go to the Control Panel and launch Add/Remove Programs

2.              Remove "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition"

3.              Remove "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools Express Edition"

4.              Remove "Microsoft SQL Native Client"

5.              Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio 64bit Prerequisites Beta" (This step is needed only if Visual Studio is installed on a 64-bit machine)

6.              Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office System 2005 Runtime Language Pack" (This step is not needed if you have only the English Edition)

7.              Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office System 2005 Runtime Beta"

8.              Remove "Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 Beta"

9.              Remove "Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Beta"

10.         Remove "Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 1.0"

11.         Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional" or other related IDE installs such as (Visual Studio Professional/Standard/Enterprise Architect/Team Suite, etc.)

12.         Remove "Microsoft Document Explorer 2005 Language Pack" (This step is not needed if you have only the English Edition)

13.         Remove "Microsoft Document Explorer 2005" (This step is needed for post-Beta2 builds)

14.         Remove "Microsoft SQL Mobile 2005 Development Tools"

15.         Remove "Microsoft 64-bit SDK" (This step is only needed if Visual Studio is installed on a 64-bit machine)

16.         Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Remote Debugger (x64)" (This step is needed only if Visual Studio is installed on a 64-bit machine)

17.         Remove "Microsoft MDAC 2.8 SP1" (This step is needed only if you are running Windows 2000)

18.         Remove "Microsoft MSXML 6 SDK and Parser"

19.         Remove "Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistributable 2.0 Beta Language Pack" (This step is not needed if you have only the English Edition)

20.         Remove "Microsoft Visual J# Redistributable Package 2.0 Beta"

21.         Ensure all Visual Studio 2005 products have been removed from your system

22.         Remove "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta Language pack" (This step is not needed if you have only the English Edition)

23.         Remove "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta"

Notes:

1.              If you see an error removing J# .NET Redistributable Package 2.0 from Add/Remove Programs, please run "msiexec /x {9046F10C-F5E7-4871-BED9-8288F19C70DF}" from a command line window<
 

2.              If you see an error removing .NET Framework 2.0 from Add/Remove Programs, please run "msiexec /x {71F8EFBF-09AF-418D-91F1-52707CDFA274}" from a command line window

To download a tool that may help you clean your computer in preparation for installing Visual Studio 2005, please visit this link. Please Note: This tool is not supported or thoroughly tested by Microsoft. This is a free tool and you should use it at your own risk. No warranty or support is provided, expressed or implied.

If you have any problems after following these steps, or for more information about the uninstall process, please review the following page: Uninstalling Previous Versions of Visual Studio 2005.