I'm trying to perform a silent install/uninstall of SQL Server 2005 Express.
I manage to install silently, but when trying to uninstall with the following command line:
sqlexpr.exe /qb REMOVE=ALL INSTANCENAME=<INSTANCENAME>
there is one item left behind - "Microsoft SQL Server Native Client"
Does anyone know how to uninstall this as well?
Also, if MSXML 6.0 is already installed when installing SQL Server 2005 Express, when performing an uninstall with the above command line, MSXML 6.0 is also uninstalled, which may not be the desired outcome.
SQL Server Native Client remains on the box after SQL uninstall if another program is relying on it. If you know no other apps are using it, you can use msiexec to uninstall sqlncli.msi (the native client installer/uninstaller).
Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)
did a full search for "sqlncli.msi" after uninstalling SQL Server 2005 Express - including hidden files, but I cannot find it?
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