unable to retract SharePoint solutions

Question

I am having trouble retracting solutions in SharePoint 2007.

I used both the retract solution button and the stsadm command in command line. The timer job was created in both instances, but it never gets run... it just sits in the timer job definition. The Status of the target just said "Retracting (scheduled at m/dd/yyyy MM:SS AM/PM)". I've waited for a long time and nothing happens.

Has anyone experienced this before, and does anyone have a solution to this problem?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Check if your Windows SharePoint Services Administration and Windows SharePoint Services Timer jobs are running.

Also after ensuring, run this command

stsadm -o execadmsvcjobs

Answer 2

1. Make sure the OWSTIMER service is running
2. Check the ULS logs
3. Try SharePointOverflow :-)