Thursday, May 13, 2010

Install SQL server R2 issue

Today I faced with the following error while trying to install SQL server 2008 R2.
Sql2005SsmsExpressFacet:Checks whether SQL Server 2005 Express Tools are installed. FailedThe SQL Server 2005 Express Tools are installed. To continue, remove the SQL Server 2005 Express Tools.

I checked and there was no installation of SQL server express edition.

I then started looking at the registery and the only thing I need to do was to rename one entry in registry. Find shellSEM in the registery and rename it

The full path of the registry location is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\ShellSEM

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