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sql server 2022 error filename, folder or syntax error occurred
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John Blasko
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error during installation of sql 2022 or 19 or 17
error occurred filename, folder or syntax error occurred -
set and verified registry for 4k blocks
verified new download
uninstalled including registry
error comes back no matter what i do.
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Viorel 119.7K Reputation points2025-01-28T17:44:36.51+00:00 Did it show an error message in English? Show the details in case of 2022.
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Erland Sommarskog 116.6K Reputation points MVP2025-01-28T22:05:29.5933333+00:00 In the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Setup Boostrap\Log you find one folder per installation attempt. nnn is 160 for SQL 2022, 150 for SQL 2019 and 140 for SQL 2017.
The files of most interest are summary.txt and detail.txt. Attach them here, and we can take a look.
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John Blasko 0 Reputation points
2025-01-28T22:13:42.1133333+00:00 yes it was in english. I did the fixes for the 4k nvme under windows 11 and clean uninstalls - fresh downloads. This is the only system i haven't been able to fix.
Troubleshooting operating system disk sector size greater than 4 KB - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn
Steps Performed - How to Uninstall SQL Server: A Step-by-Step Guide - SQL Knowledge Center
Clean uninstall using above article.
Added registry fix for solid state drives
Restarting System
Downloading clean copy of SQL
Running Setup
Changing compatibility settings
Ends in Syntax, folder or filename error.
Did all those steps under your original image and a fresh clean install to see if the issue was in the image.
Tried those steps with all versions of SQL still supported
Checked folder permissions
Made sure Windows Installer was running elevated
Along with other things like SFC and MOF commands to check OS integrity.
I fix this 10 times a day, but this station has me stumped.
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John Blasko 0 Reputation points
2025-01-28T22:15:13.42+00:00 we ended up loading windows 10 and installing (worked fine) then upgraded the os to windows 11 pro. Doesn't make sense but i was hoping there was something i missed. i wiped out the log files putting windows 10 on the machine.
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