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SQL Server 2005 Express Installation Woes

Posted At : 1:08 PM
Related Categories: SQL

I needed to do a fresh install of SQL Server 2005 Express yesterday, and no matter what I tried the installation kept failing with really strange errors about invalid or missing MSI files. The solution? Manually extract the installer files to a temporary folder and then run the extracted setup, that fixed it. To extract installer files execute the installer on the command line with arguments /x:path (for example, /x:c:\sqltemp).

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hi, i installed it too last week and had problems finding the "enterprise manager".. were you able to find it or some equivalent tool?

thanks!

# Posted By rodrigo | 5/25/06 1:28 PM

Yes, you mean Management Studio, and I do have it installed. There are multiple download options for Express, read the description for them, I seem to recall that the basic download did not include Studio. Also, you need to select that option during the install, it may not be selected by default.

--- Ben

# Posted By Ben Forta | 5/25/06 1:38 PM

thank you very much, i'm going to give it a try.

# Posted By rodrigo | 5/25/06 4:07 PM

I tried tried extracting it to a separate path and then running the setup from there, but it still fails on three components (Native Client, Server DB Services, Workstation Components). It baffles me--I tried it on two different, completely unrelated systems. Any other ideas?

# Posted By swavek | 6/13/06 3:55 AM

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