Uninstalling Previous Versions of Visual Studio 2005

I un/re/install different builds of Visual Studio 2005 in my home desktop repeatedly in the past few months, and I was preparing to install the downloadable VS 2005 Beta 2 in my laptop today. However, my memory goes bad and I just found out that I didn't follow the recommended procedures as shown on MSDN.

If you have installed previous versions of Visual Studio 2005, such as Beta 1 or Community Technical Preview (CTP) builds of Visual Studio Team Suite, Visual Studio Standard or Visual Studio Professional, then you must uninstall the pre-Beta2 components in the exact order below before beginning to install any version of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. [more...]

The uninstallation of previous builds of VS 2005 is fine in my laptop, but.. well, I hope it won't break anything in the future even though I didn't follow the exact order. If you're ready to install the VS 2005 B2, remember to read the captioned URL first if possible.

Colt Kwong

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  • a prior installation of VS2K5 is messed up in one of my machines (bad uninstall). Is there a qucik way to clean it all up before installing the new beta2 version?

    thanks.

  • ah.. I searched the net up and down and found that the quickest and clean way to (un)install (pre) beta products of VS2005 are using VPC image... I may not be so helpful but.. it's the official recommended approach.



    Colt

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