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Just found some more information so I thought I would add it for you. Why didn't you do a bit of research on this one before you installed it ???

To manually remove Visual Studio 2005 from the computer, follow these steps: 1. Use the MSIZap.exe utility to remove Visual Studio 2005 product keys from the registry. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. At the command prompt, type CD\, and then press ENTER.

c. Locate the directory where the Windows Installer SDK has put the Msizap.exe utility.

d. At the command prompt, type msizap TP { Product Code } , and then press ENTER.

The product code depends on the product version that is installed. The following is the list of commands that include the correct product code for each product version: • Microsoft Visual Basic: msizap TP {164B10B9-B200-11D0-8C61-00A0C91E29D5}

• Microsoft Visual C#: msizap TP {7E7D7935-B0C8-4032-80BA-2CDC9E43C3B8}

• Microsoft Visual C++: msizap TP {AB6F4AB9-AC85-4002-9829-B6EEA55AE3A5}

• Microsoft Visual J#: msizap TP {94160B78-D7C5-4706-8E03-9D8B3763C7DB}

• Visual Studio Tools for Office: msizap TP {324C61EA-256E-4DFD-BF2C-6D6E5A1271A0}

• Visual Web Developer: msizap TP {221125DC-6A40-4900-B844-591F5E1195B0}

• Crystal Reports: msizap TP {97358C99-E52D-42C7-8B7C-B59CC4425F4B}

2. Remove the components from Windows Component Update in Setup. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type installer in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. On the View menu, click Details.

c. Right-click the Date Modified column header, and then click Comments.

d. In the Comments column, locate the Windows Installer file that has the following title:

Microsoft Document Explorer 2005 – English

e. Right-click this cached Windows Installer file, and then click Uninstall. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall this file.

f. In the Comments column, locate the Windows Installer file that has the following title:

Microsoft Device Emulator version 1.0 - ENU RTL x86 enu

g. Right-click this cached Windows Installer file, and then click Uninstall. (The cached Windows Installer file has the .msi file name extension.) Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall this file.

3. Use the MSIZap.exe utility to remove all Visual Studio 2005 Windows Component Update product keys from the registry. To do this, run the following commands, including the product keys: • Visual Studio 2005 Professional: msizap TP {437AB8E0-FB69-4222-B280-A64F3DE22591}

• Visual Studio 2005 Standard: msizap TP {D407F7C0-579E-4CCB-91FD-855CE5084E86}Visual Studio 2005 Express: msizap TP {577AD794-8B34-40B4-9E7A-BE4CFFE396E6}

4. Rename or delete the Microsoft Visual Studio 8 folder and the VS7Debug folder. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type %programfiles% in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. Locate and then rename or delete the Microsoft Visual Studio 8 folder.

c. Double-click the Common Filesfolder, and then double-click the Microsoft Shared folder.

d. Locate and then rename or delete the VS7Debug folder.

e. Close this window.

5. Delete the registry keys that remain. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. Delete the following registry keys: • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0

c. Exit Registry Editor.

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I think you have some vital uninstaller information missing. Try a repair install of VS, then uninstall.

P.S. did you follow all the steps that MANEMAN gave you in post #4 (or the KB article that Scarecrow Man posted) ? Just saying "nothing working" means you didn't really try.

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If you go to one of the links I gave you, search the page, you will find this :

Uninstall Tool

Warning: This Auto-Uninstall Tool uninstalls ALL pre-release Visual Studio 2005 products, including Visual Studio Express Editions, Visual Studio Team System, Visual Studio Professional, and Visual Studio Standard.

Run autouninstall tool now

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Just found some more information so I thought I would add it for you. Why didn't you do a bit of research on this one before you installed it ???

To manually remove Visual Studio 2005 from the computer, follow these steps: 1. Use the MSIZap.exe utility to remove Visual Studio 2005 product keys from the registry. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. At the command prompt, type CD\, and then press ENTER.

c. Locate the directory where the Windows Installer SDK has put the Msizap.exe utility.

d. At the command prompt, type msizap TP { Product Code } , and then press ENTER.

The product code depends on the product version that is installed. The following is the list of commands that include the correct product code for each product version: • Microsoft Visual Basic: msizap TP {164B10B9-B200-11D0-8C61-00A0C91E29D5}

• Microsoft Visual C#: msizap TP {7E7D7935-B0C8-4032-80BA-2CDC9E43C3B8}

• Microsoft Visual C++: msizap TP {AB6F4AB9-AC85-4002-9829-B6EEA55AE3A5}

• Microsoft Visual J#: msizap TP {94160B78-D7C5-4706-8E03-9D8B3763C7DB}

• Visual Studio Tools for Office: msizap TP {324C61EA-256E-4DFD-BF2C-6D6E5A1271A0}

• Visual Web Developer: msizap TP {221125DC-6A40-4900-B844-591F5E1195B0}

• Crystal Reports: msizap TP {97358C99-E52D-42C7-8B7C-B59CC4425F4B}

2. Remove the components from Windows Component Update in Setup. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type installer in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. On the View menu, click Details.

c. Right-click the Date Modified column header, and then click Comments.

d. In the Comments column, locate the Windows Installer file that has the following title:

Microsoft Document Explorer 2005 – English

e. Right-click this cached Windows Installer file, and then click Uninstall. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall this file.

f. In the Comments column, locate the Windows Installer file that has the following title:

Microsoft Device Emulator version 1.0 - ENU RTL x86 enu

g. Right-click this cached Windows Installer file, and then click Uninstall. (The cached Windows Installer file has the .msi file name extension.) Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall this file.

3. Use the MSIZap.exe utility to remove all Visual Studio 2005 Windows Component Update product keys from the registry. To do this, run the following commands, including the product keys: • Visual Studio 2005 Professional: msizap TP {437AB8E0-FB69-4222-B280-A64F3DE22591}

• Visual Studio 2005 Standard: msizap TP {D407F7C0-579E-4CCB-91FD-855CE5084E86}Visual Studio 2005 Express: msizap TP {577AD794-8B34-40B4-9E7A-BE4CFFE396E6}

4. Rename or delete the Microsoft Visual Studio 8 folder and the VS7Debug folder. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type %programfiles% in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. Locate and then rename or delete the Microsoft Visual Studio 8 folder.

c. Double-click the Common Filesfolder, and then double-click the Microsoft Shared folder.

d. Locate and then rename or delete the VS7Debug folder.

e. Close this window.

5. Delete the registry keys that remain. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. Delete the following registry keys: • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0

c. Exit Registry Editor.

This didn't work (step 2)

HELP!

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Remove the components from Windows Component Update in Setup. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type installer in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. On the View menu, click Details.

c. Right-click the Date Modified column header, and then click Comments.

d. In the Comments column, locate the Windows Installer file that has the following title:

Microsoft Document Explorer 2005 – English

e. Right-click this cached Windows Installer file, and then click Uninstall. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall this file.

f. In the Comments column, locate the Windows Installer file that has the following title:

Microsoft Device Emulator version 1.0 - ENU RTL x86 enu

g. Right-click this cached Windows Installer file, and then click Uninstall. (The cached Windows Installer file has the .msi file name extension.) Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall this file.

It wasn't there!

The folder...

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