After being directed by a TechNet article to get the latest version of WDS – I was
ready for the install.
Double clicked on wdssetup.exe – ready to roll.
A big error message says “Please remove previous versions….then upgrade”
After scouring add/remove programs and the updates, there was not ‘apparent’ entry
called ‘Windows Desktop Search’ (I was directed to another article that mentioned
if I checked the ‘MSN Apps’ registry to see if there was a WDS Version registered
there…..I had a version number 3.0.0.000x but not much more as in a productID)
I finally resorted to a registry hack – searched for all key/values that had ‘Windows
Desktop Search” somewhere (as this was the path under c:\program files\…” – and
I hacked away.
(this was a VPC image with undo disks turned on – so dont try this
at home boys and girls 🙂
After completing that….I thought I’d re-run WDS 3.01 setup again…….and I
got further than before – in fact the furthest I’d gotten.
I arrived at a welcome screen with a ‘Next’ button….guess what the first thing it
did after I hit next……….
“…..Upgrading previous versions……“
……now where’s that number to book myself in!!! 