Missing files or not registered.

[MarkButler]

I have a laptop which has Windows XP pro installed. I had SQL 2000 personal and Crystal Reports 7 applications installed. I was no longer using Crystal on the laptop and wanted to remove it. I did an uninstall and the uninstall had some problems but I did respond to leave the shared files alone. I then tried using SQL Enterprise Manager. The Enterprise Manager starts OK, allows me to select a server, database and table. But if I try to look at the table or issue a SQL statement against it I get an error message as follows:

The query cannot be executed because some files are either missing or not registered.

Run setup again to make sure the required files are registered.

I tried reinstalling SQL over the top which did not work, meaning I get the same results. I then deinstalled MS SQL totally, rebooted and then reinstalled it. Again without success. Anyone have any suggestions on how to determine what is missing or how to solve this problem?

 

[JayKusch]

Try installing MDAC 2.8 RTM.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e3-c795-4b7d-b037-185d0506396c&DisplayLang=en

Thanks

J. Kusch

 

[MarkButler]

Thanx for the reply Jay. I had already tried MDAC 2.8 which did not work. I then reinstalled Crystal Reports and all is now well. Although I do not use it at least SQL works.

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