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2/4/2006 7:25:00 AM Uninstalling VWD Express 2005

I've been using VWD Express 2005 for the past month and decided to upgrade  
  
to Visual Studio.Net 2005. Problem is, the uninstall for VWD Express fails,  
  
giiving me the message "Setup is unable to determine a valid ordering for  
  
the installation. See the error log for further details."  
  
The error log states:  
  
[02/04/06,00:24:34] Dependency Manager: [2]  
  
CDependencyManager::ValidateDependencyStates() : Parental dependency is not  
  
satisfied for component Visual Web Developer. Parent dependencies can't be  
  
in removing mode.  
  
[02/04/06,00:24:34] Dependency Manager: [2]  
  
CDependencyManager::ValidateDependencyStates() : Parental dependency is not  
  
satisfied for component Visual Web Developer. Parent dependencies can't be  
  
in removing mode.  
  
[02/04/06,00:24:36] setup.exe: [2] ValidateAndCorrectTheInstallOrder()  
  
failed in ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrders()  
  
[02/04/06,00:24:37] setup.exe: [2]  
  
ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrderFromList() failed in  
  
ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrders()  
  
[02/04/06,00:24:37] setup.exe: [2] ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrders()  
  
failed in ISetupManager::RunLoadSetup()  
  
I tried running the repair option of the VWD install and tried to uninstall  
  
again but received the same error. I have never used any of the betas for  
  
VS, VWD, .NET 2.0, etc. Any ideas? Thanks

2/24/2006 9:50:19 AM Re: Uninstalling VWD Express 2005

I first downloaded Visual Web Developer.  I then installed a trial  
  
version of Visual Studio 2005 Professional.  Everything was fine.  I  
  
then bought V 2005 Professional.  I foolishly read the install READ ME  
  
and started to follow directions for uninstalling "pervious versions".  
  
When I got to Visual Studio 2005 on the list, I found that would not  
  
unistall.  I also received the same message that you did when I tried  
  
to remove Visual Web Developer Express.  
  
I cannot uninstall or reinstall Visual Studio 2005 Professional, but it  
  
does start up and run.  The problem is that the SQL Express was  
  
uninstalled and I cannot get SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition to  
  
start.  
  
Has anyone else run into issues?  
  
I want to uninstall VS and SQL 2005 Express completely and re-install a  
  
clean package.  
  
Any advice?  
  
Thanks,  
  
John  
  
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