SQL Server Client tools installation

[Terri]

I'm trying to install SQL Server 2000 client tools on an XP workstation.
MSDE already exists on the workstation. During the install I am never
prompted for a location to install to. I want to install to my D drive. The
install defaults to my C drive.

Any thoughts?

[Erland Sommarskog]

Terri (te***@cybernets.com) writes:

I'm trying to install SQL Server 2000 client tools on an XP workstation.
MSDE already exists on the workstation. During the install I am never
prompted for a location to install to. I want to install to my D drive.
The install defaults to my C drive.

I don't run installs that very often, but I think that to adhere to the
Win2000 logo, installations must be in ProgramFilesDir, which is why you
get no choice.

But have a look at the keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion if you want
to outsmart Windows.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp

[Patrick]

I know that when installing VS.Net, if you already have MSDN installed, you
don't get a choice. Could be the same thing for this, BOL or MSDE, or both
may have to be removed and reinstalled in the right place.

"Terri" <te***@cybernets.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to install SQL Server 2000 client tools on an XP workstation.
MSDE already exists on the workstation. During the install I am never
prompted for a location to install to. I want to install to my D drive. The install defaults to my C drive.

Any thoughts?