Error when trying to uninstall Exchange System Management Tools   

I have a Windows XP SP3 computer with Microsoft Exchange System Management 
Tools installed.  I want to uninstall the tools, however when I change the 
'action' to 'Remove' in Exchange setup, I get the error "The component 
'Microsoft Exchange Forest Preparation' cannot be assigned the action 
'Remove' because: - You cannot install this product on a computer running 
Windows Professional"

This error does no make sense, since I am trying to uninstall, not install.

date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:27:00 -0700   author:   Frank Lane

RE: Error when trying to uninstall Exchange System Management Tools   

Did you ever resolve this? I'm having the exact same problem.




"Frank Lane" wrote:

> I have a Windows XP SP3 computer with Microsoft Exchange System Management 
> Tools installed.  I want to uninstall the tools, however when I change the 
> 'action' to 'Remove' in Exchange setup, I get the error "The component 
> 'Microsoft Exchange Forest Preparation' cannot be assigned the action 
> 'Remove' because: - You cannot install this product on a computer running 
> Windows Professional"
> 
> This error does no make sense, since I am trying to uninstall, not install.

date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:40:00 -0700   author:   John Hornbuckle

RE: Error when trying to uninstall Exchange System Management Tool   

If I remember correctly, I was choosing the wrong action item in the setup 
routine.  Under "Component Name", I believe I was choosing "Remove" action 
for Microsoft Exchange, not Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools.

Play around with the Action pull-down items.  I eventually got it to 
uninstall like I wanted.

"John Hornbuckle" wrote:

> Did you ever resolve this? I'm having the exact same problem.

date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:51:01 -0700   author:   Frank Lane

RE: Error when trying to uninstall Exchange System Management Tool   

Well, I actually want to uninstall the whole thing from the XP machine. We're 
not using Exchange 2003 anymore here.

But anyhow, when I only select the ESM tool to uninstall, I get a dialog 
that says:

"Before this component can be modified, all parent components must have an 
action selected."

The only parent component is "Microsoft Exchange", and the action I selected 
was "None."

Ack... While typing this, I tried selecting "Change" for the action for 
"Microsoft Exchange." That seemed to do the trick.

Weird.


"Frank Lane" wrote:

> If I remember correctly, I was choosing the wrong action item in the setup 
> routine.  Under "Component Name", I believe I was choosing "Remove" action 
> for Microsoft Exchange, not Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools.
> 
> Play around with the Action pull-down items.  I eventually got it to 
> uninstall like I wanted.
> 
> "John Hornbuckle" wrote:
> 
> > Did you ever resolve this? I'm having the exact same problem.

date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:58:11 -0700   author:   John Hornbuckle

RE: Error when trying to uninstall Exchange System Management Tool   

I knew it had something to do with what I was selecting, just didn't remember 
what it was called.  Weird, yes, but glad you got it to work.

"John Hornbuckle" wrote:

> Well, I actually want to uninstall the whole thing from the XP machine. We're 
> not using Exchange 2003 anymore here.
> 
> But anyhow, when I only select the ESM tool to uninstall, I get a dialog 
> that says:
> 
> "Before this component can be modified, all parent components must have an 
> action selected."
> 
> The only parent component is "Microsoft Exchange", and the action I selected 
> was "None."
> 
> Ack... While typing this, I tried selecting "Change" for the action for 
> "Microsoft Exchange." That seemed to do the trick.
> 
> Weird.
> 
> 
> "Frank Lane" wrote:
> 
> > If I remember correctly, I was choosing the wrong action item in the setup 
> > routine.  Under "Component Name", I believe I was choosing "Remove" action 
> > for Microsoft Exchange, not Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools.
> > 
> > Play around with the Action pull-down items.  I eventually got it to 
> > uninstall like I wanted.
> > 
> > "John Hornbuckle" wrote:
> > 
> > > Did you ever resolve this? I'm having the exact same problem.

date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:02:00 -0700   author:   Frank Lane