unable to install SQL server 2022

Question

I tried so many times to download SQL Server 2022 but unfortunately, it doesn't work, although I used all the suggested solutions, it still gives me the same problem as it shows.

Answer 1

Hi @Mohammed Hisham Ward Welcome to Microsoft Q&A thanks for posting your question

have you tried downloading the OLEDB driver directly? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/download-oledb-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver16#:~:text=link%20library%20(DLL).-,Download,-The%20redistributable%20installer

Very likely you are missing the required Visual C++ Redistributable packages, try installing first both the x86 and x64 packages https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#:~:text=C%2B%2B%20Files.-,Visual%20Studio%202015%2C%202017%2C%202019%2C%20and%202022,-This%20table%20lists

Regards

Geetha

Answer 2

Hi @Mohammed Hisham Ward

Please try uninstalling the OLE and ODBC drivers and re-running the sql server installer.

This error may also occur if SSMS is installed before installing sql server.

You can refer to this similar thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71857345/error-when-installing-microsoft-sql-server-2019-cannot-find-the-microsoft-ole-d.

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Best regards,

Aniya