Missing Business Inteligence Studio for SQL Server 2005

I was just installing a new system, with all the necessary tools of the trade (Visual Studio(s), Sql Server, etc) and after I've installed VS2005 I noticed that there was no entry for the Business Intelligence Studio. I've tried all kinds of "solutions" on the net, varying from using some complicated command line to running vs_setup (exe or msi) or even reinstalling everything (which I refused to do).

In the end the problem was simple enough: Visual Studio installed some SQL Express version and the SQL Server 2005 setup thought I already had Business Intelligence Studio installed, so it never did reinstall it. The solution is to run this command line:

setup.exe UPGRADE=1 SKUUPGRADE=1

on the SQL 2005 installation kit.

Warning:

• the parameters MUST be upper case, otherwise it will not work
• it may be that only one of those parameters is actually necessary, but I have tried them both, anyway

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