Help installing SQL server express

Question

Configuration file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20220916_212758\ConfigurationFile.ini

Detailed results:
Feature: Database Engine Services
Status: Failed
Reason for failure: An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x80004005
Error description: Het systeem kan het opgegeven pad niet vinden
Error help link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=15.0.2000.5&EvtType=0xF57C3D6F%400xDC80C325&EvtType=0xF57C3D6F%400xDC80C325

Feature: SQL Browser
Status: Passed

Feature: SQL Writer
Status: Passed

Feature: SQL Client Connectivity SDK
Status: Passed

Feature: SQL Client Connectivity
Status: Passed

Rules with failures or warnings:

Global rules:
Warning IsFirewallEnabled The Windows Firewall is enabled. Make sure the appropriate ports are open to enable remote access. See the rules documentation at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2094702 for information about ports to open for each feature.

Rules report file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20220916_212758\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm

Answer 1

"Het systeem kan het opgegeven pad niet vinden" = "The system cannot find the path specified", right?

In the same folder as you found this file, there is the file details.txt which can give you more information about which path that was not found. This is a very verbose file. Please do not include directly it in a post, but attach it.

Answer 2

Hi @Fais Jonas ,

The system cannot find the path specified showed that some files of SQL Server basic component could not be located, there files may be corrupted or the access or these files has been denied.

You can try to uninstall SQL Server first: How to manually uninstall SQL Server., and reinstall the SQL Server installation media as administration, when you installing the SQL Server, on server configuration page, please change the SQL Server database engine account and the SQL Server agent account to local system(NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) to ensure these accounts have enough permissions.

If this is still not work, it is recommended to check your error log

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