SQL Server Express 2016 Installation failed

  • I was trying to install it yesterday, I've posted about it on technet.microsoft.com but so far have had no success in identifying the problem.
    Thank you for looking into this for me.
    The messge displayed was:
    "

    Unable to install SQL Server (setup.exe).

    Exit code (Decimal)
    -2068053929
    Error description

    Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 installation has failed with exit code 87.

    "
    I tried to use the .NET repair tool to no avail, the cleanup tool didn't work. The version .NET I have is 4.5.2, I was unable to update it 4.6. I have also run all my Windows Updates.

    Here is part of the error log, not sure whether I should post the whole thing as it's quite long:

    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:05 Slp:
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:05 Slp:
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:05 Slp: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:05 Slp:

    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:06 Slp: Error result: -2068053929
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:06 Slp: Result facility code: 1212
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:06 Slp: Result error code: 87
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:09 Slp: WER: Application level consent value 'True' was mapped to consent status 'WerConsentApproved'
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:10 Slp: WER: Result of the submission:: 'WerReportQueued'
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:15 Slp: WER: Application level consent value 'True' was mapped to consent status 'WerConsentApproved'
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:15 Slp: WER: Result of the submission:: 'WerReportQueued'
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:23 Slp: WER: Application level consent value 'True' was mapped to consent status 'WerConsentApproved'
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: WER: Result of the submission:: 'WerReportQueued'
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: WER: Submitted 3 of 3 failures to the Watson data repository
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: SetupTelemetry: Closing Telemetry Session
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SQMClient
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value MachineId
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\130
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value CustomerFeedback
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value EnableErrorReporting
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names
    (01) 2017-05-06 17:59:24 Slp: SetupTelemetry: Telemetry has an active session with 38 events.

  • Emily,

    All of those "Wer" entries are for Windows Error Reporting.  My simple suggestion (without knowing more about the system you are installing on) is that the system needs a reboot. Then I would attempt to re-install but make sure you right-click and select "Run As Administrator" on Setup.exe.

    Just my 2 cents...

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