The system cannot find the path specified

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The system cannot find the path specified

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I need help in resolving this. spent 3 days but can't

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2024-07-19T05:32:48.2666667+00:00

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2024-07-23T02:19:49.3133333+00:00

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Hi @arun nanaa,

We haven't heard any response from you yet.

Is this issue solved now? If you have any questions, please feel free to share with us.

May I humbly suggest that you accept Answer if they helped. It may help others who see the thread in seek of help.

Your action would be helpful to other users who encounter the same issue and read this thread. :)

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Best regards,

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2024-07-23T02:19:49.3133333+00:00

Hi @arun nanaa,

Do you have further question on this, could we offer more support?

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Hi @arun nanaa,

Thank you for your reaching out and welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

As I understand error message you're encountering during the SQL Server 2022 installation, specifically the error code -2147467259, typically indicates that there's an issue with file or folder paths specified during the installation process. The message "The system cannot find the path specified" suggests that SQL Server setup is unable to locate a required file or directory.

During the SQL Server installation, you can specify various paths for data directories, log directories, and backup directories. If you have customized these paths, try using the default paths provided by SQL Server to see if the installation proceeds without errors.

Because you've previously attempted to install SQL Server and it failed, there may be remnants of the previous installation that could interfere with the new installation. Consider uninstalling any previous SQL Server components or instances and cleaning up related files and folders before attempting the installation again.

Please follow the steps in this article to uninstall it, make sure you uninstalled it completely. Then download SQL Server to reinstall it again. Run the installation media as administrator. When you reinstall the SQL Server on server configuration page, please remember to change the SQL Server Database Engine account and SQL Server Agent account to local System (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) to ensure these accounts have enough permission.

By the way, are you trying to install the SQL Server on Mac? I met an issue like yours before, if you are trying to install the SQL Server on Mac, please refer to this thread!

Feel free to share your issue with us if you have any concerns!

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2024-07-22T06:11:07.17+00:00

Hi @arun nanaa,

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2024-08-02T05:53:25.6266667+00:00

Hi @arun nanaa,

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