Steps to Uninstall VS 2008 Beta2 before installing the VS 2008 Final Release

Below is the complete list of potential Beta2 components to uninstall in a recommended uninstall order:

• Remove "MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 Beta"
• Remove "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5"
• Remove "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 Design Tools"
• Remove "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 for Devices"
• Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Performance Collection Tools"
• Remove "Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Pocket PC"
• Remove "Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Smartphone"
• Remove "Crystal Reports 2007"
• Remove "Visual Studio Asset System"
• Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring Component / Microsoft Web Designer Tools"
• Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime"
• Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
• Runtime Language Pack" (non-English editions only)
• Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 3.0"
• Remove "Microsoft Document Explorer"
• Remove "Microsoft Document Explorer 2005 Language Pack" (non-English editions only)
• Remove "Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0"
• Remove "Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5"
• Remove "Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP1"
• Remove ".NET Framework 2.0 SDK"
• Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Codename Orcas Remote Debugger"
• Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio 64bit Prerequisites Beta" (64-bit platforms only)
• Remove "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5"
  

After finish uninstalling any/all of the above items, it's recommend to reboot prior to installing the final VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 release to make sure there is no setup state still on the machine.

Make sure to post in the Visual Studio 2008 Setup and Installation Forum on MSDN in case you run into any installing/uninstalling issues.