SQL Server 2017 Express Installation fails

Question

am trying to install SQL Server 2017 Express on Windows 10 and it is failing.

Here is the details it shows me after failure:

Action required:

Use the following information to resolve the error, and then try the setup process again.

Feature failure reason:

An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.

Error details:

§ Error installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable

VS Shell installation has failed with exit code 1638.

Error code: 1638

Log file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20171018_083459\VCRuntime140_x64_Cpu64_1.log

Visithttps://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=14.0.1000.169&EvtType=VCRuntime140_x64%40Install%400x1638 to get help on troubleshooting.

Answer 1

HI @Anonymous

Welcome to our forum

The problem is likely that there's a newer version of the Visual C++ Redistributable than SQL Server is trying to install, e.g., from Visual Studio 2017. So another way to address this, if you don't need the latest C++ redistributable, is to go to Add or Remove Programs and uninstall all references to Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable. After this, the SQL Server installation should proceed without errors.

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