# having issues removing older version of onyx and installing the newer version

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/having-issues-removing-older-version-of-onyx-and-installing-the-newer-version/6799>\
**Category:** Installers and Operating Systems\
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/having-issues-removing-older-version-of-onyx-and-installing-the-newer-version/6799 "2021-07-30T16:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Action\_Joe](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/action_joe/32/547_2.png) [@Action\_Joe](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Action_Joe)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/having-issues-removing-older-version-of-onyx-and-installing-the-newer-version/6799/1 "2021-07-30T16:26:27Z")

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I keep getting:

Error 27502.Could not connect to Microsoft SQL Server ‘(localdb).\ObsidianOnyx’. Login timeout expired (0)

Any advice??

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**Author:** ![gert\_leunen](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/gert_leunen/32/3360_2.png) [@gert\_leunen](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/gert_leunen)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/having-issues-removing-older-version-of-onyx-and-installing-the-newer-version/6799/2 "2021-08-02T07:16:59Z")

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Try this: [https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/uploads/short-url/9Rk3CO58NNwR35XebZTDKWpXiBv.vbs](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/uploads/short-url/9Rk3CO58NNwR35XebZTDKWpXiBv.vbs)

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**Author:** ![Action\_Joe](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/action_joe/32/547_2.png) [@Action\_Joe](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Action_Joe)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/having-issues-removing-older-version-of-onyx-and-installing-the-newer-version/6799/3 "2021-08-02T16:50:17Z")

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oh thank you! I had seen something just like this on another thread here and had tried it and it didn’t work, but this time it worked.