SQL Server Installer Closes Silently Without Errors
- by ashes999
When I run the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installer (32-bit or 64-bit), nothing happens. It will get to the screen where it asks me to accept the terms of license and send anonymous feedback; I check off both boxes and click Next, and it automatically starts installing the Support Files.
And then the window disappears.
I tried looking through the log files, but didn't see any errors.
I've tried:
x64 SQL Server R2 express
x86 SQL Server R2 express
X64 SQL Server R2 (full)
X64 SQL Server Management Studio
Of these, only management studio installed correctly; the two express editions failed silently, and the full version gave me different errors.
I also tried running in Administrator mode (despite being logged in as an administrator user), but again, no difference.