FIX: Uninstall, Repair, or Modify Fails on Program with Embedded SQL Server 2000 MSDE Merge Modules (275309)

SYMPTOMS

SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine merge modules (.msm files) can be embedded into a Windows Installer based setup application by creating your own .msi file.

When you try to modify the program or uninstall it afterwards, the uninstall may fail with the following error message:

The wizard was interrupted before application name could be successfully installed.

This problem is specific only to a program with the symptoms described previously.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 2000.

This problem is corrected in a later release of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Desktop Engine Edition, which is available as a "Refresh CD" that was created to fix this specific problem. The Refresh CD is a full copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Desktop Engine Edition.

Contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the Refresh CD. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, refer to the following Web address:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Additionally, the later release of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Desktop Engine Edition (MSDE 2000), will also be included in the following products when they are released:

Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Application Center