You may receive the following
error message after installing SQL Server 2005:
This application has failed
to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the
application may fix this problem.
To work around this problem, do
the following to manually remove the old policy files, and then run SQL Server
setup again.
CAUTION: These steps involve deleting
policy files. Before proceeding, back up the Policies folder so that you can
restore it if any files are incorrectly
deleted.
1.
Open a command prompt window (on
the Start menu, click Run, and then type CMD), and then type this
command:
Cd
%SYSTEMROOT%\WinSXS\Policies
You should now be at a prompt
that looks like something like this:
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\Policies>
2.
Delete any file that contains
"vc80" as part of its filename. Or, type the following command, which will
remove the files that are causing the
problem:
For /D %i in (*vc80*) Do rd
/s /q %i
After deleting the files, you
should be at the command prompt shown in step 1 and you should not have received
any error messages. If you receive an error message, restore the contents of the
Policies folder from your backup, and try again.
