Need to Remove MS Transaction Server After Remove IIS 4.0

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you remove Internet Information Server (IIS) from a computer, it may be necessary to remove Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS).

RESOLUTION

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Steps to remove Microsoft Transaction Server:

1. Ensure that no MTS server processes are running when you remove MTS by typing MTXSTOP at a command prompt.



2. Make sure that MSDTC is not running by running the following at a command prompt:
   

   
         net stop msdtc
    




3. Delete your entire MTX directory, and remove it from the Recycle Bin.



4. Delete the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Transaction Server key.



5. Delete the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Setup\OC Manager\Subcomponents\MTS* key.



6. Delete the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC\SnapIns\MTS key.



7. Go to the Control Panel, System, Environment, and remove :\mtx from the System Variables path.

Keywords :
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb