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The log folder path referenced in the screenshot (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\170\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20251219_155410) should contain detailed installation logs. Reviewing the Summary.txt and Detail.txt files inside this folder should provide information about which step failed and what argument was considered invalid. This might happen, for example, if there are unsupported characters in the installation path, existing SQL Server instances causing conflicts, or if the user does not have sufficient permissions - but there is no need to speculate - simply consult the logs
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Marcin