John, I had a similar problem: I followed the directions and uninstalled Server 8; then fms10 told me it was still installed. Reinstalled server 8, then uninstalled it, then installed server 10 - success.
Haven't checked lately, but usually installation-related tech support is free from FileMaker. -- Steve Gerow FileMaker 9/8/7 Certified Developer President Abrazos Data Consulting, Inc. Pasadena, California Member FileMaker Bus. Alliance > -------Original Message------- > From: John Eiseman <[email protected]> > Subject: Can't install FMS 10 > Sent: Jul 22 '09 16:38 > > I'm trying to install FM Server 10 on my Mac (10.5.7) but am not > allowed to because it says Filemaker Server 9 is installed. It is > not. Never has been. > So I have a conundrum: in order to uninstall Server 9 I'm supposed to > run the Admin Console to first stop FM server, but I obviously can't > do that because FMS 9 is not installed and I have no Admin Console. > > I do, however, have FMA 9 installed (as well as FMA 10). Might FMS 10 > think that FMA 9 is FMS 9? If so, must I uninstall FMA 9 in order to > install FMS 10? > > Any suggestions? > > John Eiseman, St. Louis > http://www.safehavengardens.com > "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big > enough to take away everything you have." Thomas Jefferson >
