SQL Server 2022 express version installation error

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SQL Server 2022 express version installation error

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I previously had 2 instance of Microsoft SQL Server installed, one is 2012, and 1 is 2022 too but it's developer version, which i uninstalled(i think?), then I tried to install SQL Server 2022 express but i encounter an invalid command line argument error. And it give me a few files, I based myself on those files and some AI to fix it, so i got this(it's an ini file but i have to change to txt to upload here)

ConfigurationFile.txt,

then i run cmd as admin and use this method(setup.exe /ConfigurationFile="C:\path\to\your\ConfigurationFile.ini") to install the SQL Server 2022, and now i got this new error with these file

Detail.txt

Summary_LAPTOP-FGVA9LOI_20250604_115503.txt

At this point I'm very exhausted already, it's been like error for a couple of days,... and I kinda need this for my class, please help or assist

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Erland Sommarskog 121.4K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Check out this link: https://www.sql-easy.com/learn/how-to-uninstall-sql-server/ I have not followed it myself, but some people I have tried to help were able to eventually make a successful install after reading the article and follow all the instructions.

But it can be a quite difficult situation where you are running around in circles of uninstalling and installing. An alternative would be to create a virtual machine and run SQL Server on the VM.

I looked at the error in your log file. It's one I've seen before, but for which I have never found any resolution.

quang nguyễn 20 Reputation points

2025-06-05T16:42:06.5966667+00:00

It's essentially the same concept, but yes, a clean uninstall should resolve the issue. Now how to perform the clean install is kinda tricky, various YouTube tutorials out there with a remove option in the installation center but mine does not have the remove button available( don't ask me, I don't know), so first I uninstall SQL server and it's related from the control panel, then delete all of its folder and files in Programs Files, Programs Files x86, SQL2022, even in Users, app data,... after that, I run an admin command prompt and use these to find and remove everything:

wmic product where "CAPTION like '%SQL%'" get Caption,Identifyingnumber

msiexec /x

For some one of them, now in the process, I encounter another error that is "Failed to restore the instance id", and so I go in to regedit, find and hunt down everything related to SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server or something, and straight up delete it (if anyone reading this, please backup before following me). Then I go back to my command prompt and kill them. I restart my PC, uninstall my Postgresql (I might have deleted something that broke it), and do a fresh install for both of them.

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