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Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation

  • August 18, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    #228092

    Hi,

    I'm installing SQL Server 2008 x64 developer edition on Windows Server 2008 x64. I installed the SQL Server 2008 many times with no issues.

    But this time I have changed Shared feature directories as below:

    Shared feature directory as D:\Program Files

    Shared feature directory (x86) as D:\Program Files(x86)

    and now ending up with the below error:

    TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup

    ------------------------------

    The following error has occurred:

    Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.

    Click 'Retry' to retry the failed action, or click 'Cancel' to cancel this action and continue setup.

    Is changing the above directories will be the reason for the SQL Server 2008 installation failure?

    Is this allowed to change the above directories Shared feature directory & Shared feature directory (x86) from default directories C:\Program Files & C:\Program Files(x86)?

    I even tried the Repair option and then again getting the same error

    Thanks

  • August 22, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    #1210204

    hmm why do you want 64bit executable's in 32 bit folder? Can you try to change the path to some other folder and then give a try?

    Regards..Vidhya Sagar
    SQL-Articles

  • July 4, 2012 at 11:19 am

    #1508851

    is there any fix for this post, i'm having the same issue ?

  • July 4, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    #1508899

    Are you using a administrator account to install?

    It seems like a restriction on the Windows side to me.

    Best regards,

    Andre Guerreiro Neto

    Database Analyst
    http://www.softplan.com.br
    MCITPx1/MCTSx2/MCSE/MCSA

  • April 1, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    #1602649

    SQL Server 2012 installation fails in a VMware environment that is running Windows Server 2012

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2799534?wa=wsignin1.0

    http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1012225

  • April 27, 2017 at 4:11 am

    #1940171

    I have just had this error

    "The following error has occurred:
    Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.
    Click 'Retry' to retry the failed action, or click 'Cancel' to cancel this action and continue setup."

    This failed to work for both SQL 2008 R2 and SQL 2012 Express installations, I had previously disabled the Anti Virus which was Bullguard but had to subsequently completely uninstall the Anti Virus software. Once this had been removed the SQL software installed perfectly.

  • October 27, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    #3801791

    This might be helpful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64548757/attempted-to-perform-an-unauthorized-operation-when-executing-sql-server-2019-se

     

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