Unable to install SQL Server (setup.exe). Exit code (Decimal): -2147467259

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Unable to install SQL Server (setup.exe). Exit code (Decimal): -2147467259

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Hi, I'm receiving error "Unable to install SQL Server (setup.exe). Exit code (Decimal): -2147467259" when attempting install of SQL Server 2022 Express. Is my firewall the issue? Hoping someone could help me ID the issue. Thanks in advance.

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LiHongMSFT-4306 31,621 Reputation points

2023-08-31T06:32:38.6933333+00:00

Hi @Kelly

Please also post the Detail.txt file.

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Kelly 0 Reputation points

2023-09-01T01:36:27.46+00:00

Detail.txt

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LiHongMSFT-4306 31,621 Reputation points

2023-08-31T06:32:38.6933333+00:00

Hi @Kelly

Please also post the Detail.txt file.

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Kelly 0 Reputation points

2023-09-01T01:36:27.46+00:00

Detail.txt

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Erland Sommarskog 133.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

The critical part in the log is this:

(01) 2023-08-30 23:20:41 SQLEngine: --RsFxConfiguration: InfFilePath is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Shared\RsFxInstall\RsFx0700.inf (01) 2023-08-30 23:20:41 SQLEngine: --RsFxConfiguration: ExecuteInfSection RetVal = -536870347 (01) 2023-08-30 23:20:41 Slp: Configuration action failed for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst during timing ConfigNonRC and scenario ConfigNonRC. (01) 2023-08-30 23:20:41 Slp: Unknown error (0xe0000235) (01) 2023-08-30 23:20:41 Slp: The configuration failure category of current exception is ConfigurationFailure (01) 2023-08-30 23:20:41 Slp: Configuration action failed for feature SQL_Engine_Core_Inst during timing ConfigNonRC and scenario ConfigNonRC. (01) 2023-08-30 23:20:41 Slp: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Unknown error (0xe0000235)

RsFx0700 is a driver for the FILESTREAM feature.

I've seen people running into this error before, but I don't think we ever found a resolution. Unknown error - not very helpful.

Can you check that you have the file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Shared\RsFxInstall\RsFx0700.inf.
What hardware do you have?
What anti-virus are you running?
Was this your first and only installation attempt, or the last of several.

Kelly 0 Reputation points

2023-09-01T23:54:53+00:00
I do, but I get an invalid extension error when trying to attach it here. I can save it in a different format if you need me to post it.

I'm using a Surface Pro 9 with Windows 11

The standard Windows anti-virus which says it's up to date.

I've tried a few more times since but I continue to get the same install error.
Erland Sommarskog 133.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2023-09-02T08:54:29.16+00:00

I wasn't really looking for the contents of the file, only to verify if it is there. But, yes, copy it and rename it to .txt, and I compare it with mine. I would be very surprised if they are different though. Beware, that I'm really clutching at straws here.

You are not using a Mac or a third-party antivirus, which can be troublemakers. And since you have Windows Home, I assume that this your private machine, and nothing you use in a corporate environment?

As for my fourth question, what I'm after is the possibility that the first installation failed on something else and this broke something, which causes the subsequent attempts to fail on the RsFx700 thing. You talk about "the same install error", but to be sure that it is the same error, you need to check detail.txt and search for "exception" until you find the stack dump and see what error code you have there. The error code from overall Setup is nothing I would pay attention to.

In C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Setup Bootstrap\Log there is one folder per installation attempt. Actually, I think there are two per attempt. One for the so-called landing page, and one for the installation as such. You could find the first detail.txt to see if it has the same error.

And, yes, this troubleshooting is very tedious.

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