problem installing latest MSDE

I had three problems installing the MSDE.
First, I have SQL Server 7 tools installed and must use Enterprise Manager
to get to an SQL Server 7. When I install MSDE it kills my SQL Server 7
tools. No servers show up anymore and it says I can't add any. Uninstalling
MSDE does not put things back.
Second, no menu is created on the start menu as the instructions say will
happen. I had to look around and find the EXE files.
I am accustomed to doing all my work through Enterprise Manager. I see no
Enterprise Manager facsimile or anything to use for creating a database or
setting up tables in MSDE. ThanksSorry, I don't have a solution, but I can say the reason to why this is happening:
MSDE 2000 installs the DMO dll's. EM uses DMO. And EM7 cannot use the SQL2K DLL's. So, then MSDE
installs the SQL2K DLL's, then the install has to remove EM7 as that wouldn't work anyhow. Perhaps
there's an MSDE install option which doesn't install DMO?
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"David McDivitt" <x12code-del@.del-yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I had three problems installing the MSDE.
> First, I have SQL Server 7 tools installed and must use Enterprise Manager
> to get to an SQL Server 7. When I install MSDE it kills my SQL Server 7
> tools. No servers show up anymore and it says I can't add any. Uninstalling
> MSDE does not put things back.
> Second, no menu is created on the start menu as the instructions say will
> happen. I had to look around and find the EXE files.
> I am accustomed to doing all my work through Enterprise Manager. I see no
> Enterprise Manager facsimile or anything to use for creating a database or
> setting up tables in MSDE. Thanks
>