Uninstall failed from setup

• Michelle Cook

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  November 19, 2005 at 5:57 am

  #112809

  We have a server that has mulitple named instances of SQL 2000 enterprise edition. Currently there is 7 named instances on the server. Three of those are no longer being used or have been moved to other servers. When I attempted to uninstall the instances using setup I receive error "uninstall failed general error parsing validation for sql.mif". I searched for this error on the internet, but only found one thing that recommended trying to remove the instance using the control panel add/remove programs. The advice was given about a MSDE installation not enterprise edition. Is it safe to remove a named instance using add/remove programs? Could it have any impact on the other instances on the server which are being used in a production environment? Please help, this is making me nervous.

• Balmukund

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  November 20, 2005 at 2:21 am

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  Hi,

  Its perfectly safe to Remove a named instance using add/remove programs.

  Below article may help

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290991

  You can follow the steps given in KB to remove "Named Instance"

  HTH