Updated warning - .NET Framework 3.0 cleanup tool removes MSDN and SQL Express

Yesterday, I posted a warning that the .NET Framework 3.0 pre-release version uninstall tool will remove the final release of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.  A customer posted a comment on that blog post indicating that they ran the uninstall tool and it also removed the final release of MSDN for Visual Studio 2005.

I looked at the MSDN MSI and the data files for the uninstall tool, and I can confirm that the .NET Framework 3.0 pre-release version uninstall tool will also remove the final release of MSDN for VS 2005.  It will not remove the version of MSDN that is installed as part of the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions though.

So in summary, if you run the .NET Framework 3.0 uninstall tool on your system, it will remove the final release of both SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and MSDN for Visual Studio 2005, and you will have to reinstall both of these products on your system after running the uninstall tool.