After successfull uninstalling SQL Serve2022, I wanted to install the lighter Express version.
The log file extract with the errors:
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Error: 17190, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Initializing the FallBack certificate failed with error code: 15, state: 29, error number: 0.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Unable to initialize SSL encryption because a valid certificate could not be found, and it is not possible to create a self-signed certificate.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Error: 17182, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0x80092004, status code 0x80. Reason: Unable to initialize SSL support. Cannot find object or property.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Error: 17182, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0x80092004, status code 0x1. Reason: Initialization failed with an infrastructure error. Check for previous errors. Cannot find object or property.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Error: 17826, Severity: 18, State: 3.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Could not start the network library because of an internal error in the network library. To determine the cause, review the errors immediately preceding this one in the error log.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s Error: 17120, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2023-07-25 20:49:44.03 spid26s SQL Server could not spawn FRunCommunicationsManager thread. Check the SQL Server error log and the operating system error log for information about possible related problems.
As a simple user this is cryptic to me. Are the errors a result of the first one or are these all unrelated errors? How to solve this?