Problems installing "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express" on Win7 64Bit,...

Kerem Gümrükcü

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Aug 30, 2010, 10:45:42 AM8/30/10

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Hi,

first i must apologize for crossposting but i hope someone
has a answer for this: I try to install this (the 64 bit variant
on my Windows 7 64 bit):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796

it fails with a "Access denied". My question is: Is there any way,
except using tools like "Process Monitor" and similar, to create
a detailed logfile what and where exactly the installer fails to
access. Maybe some MSI switch on the Installer Package or
some other way, e.g creating a system event entry in the os
event databases,...if i know what fails in detail, i am sure i can
fix or workaround it, but it must be located first,...

Windows is 7-64 bit, so the MS SQL Server MSE is, the installer runs
elevated
(as Administrator) and after running into a "Acess denied" it does
a rollback as expected,...

The important part for me is that i get a detailed log of what and where
the MSI Installer tries to access and what fails and where,...first without
using System Monitoring Tools,...

Thanks in advance,...

regards

Kerem

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Erland Sommarskog

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Aug 30, 2010, 2:23:26 PM8/30/10

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Kerem Gümrükcü (kare...@hotmail.com) writes:
>
> first i must apologize for crossposting but i hope someone
> has a answer for this: I try to install this (the 64 bit variant
> on my Windows 7 64 bit):
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C243A5AE-4BD1-
4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796
>
> it fails with a "Access denied". My question is: Is there any way,
> except using tools like "Process Monitor" and similar, to create
> a detailed logfile what and where exactly the installer fails to
> access. Maybe some MSI switch on the Installer Package or
> some other way, e.g creating a system event entry in the os
> event databases,...if i know what fails in detail, i am sure i can
> fix or workaround it, but it must be located first,...

If you look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG
you will find the log files. They are quite verbose, but definitely not easy
to digest. I think there still switches to Setup to get even more
information, although I'm uncertain whether this applies to the install
of SSMS Express. Books Online have information about switches for
unattended install.

Did you try rebooting? It could be some file that is open which is the
culprit.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@sommarskog.se

Links for SQL Server Books Online:
SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx
SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx
SQL 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

John Bell

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Aug 30, 2010, 2:41:12 PM8/30/10

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On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:45:42 +0200, Kerem Gümrükcü
<kare...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>first i must apologize for crossposting but i hope someone
>has a answer for this: I try to install this (the 64 bit variant
>on my Windows 7 64 bit):
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796
>
>it fails with a "Access denied". My question is: Is there any way,
>except using tools like "Process Monitor" and similar, to create
>a detailed logfile what and where exactly the installer fails to
>access. Maybe some MSI switch on the Installer Package or
>some other way, e.g creating a system event entry in the os
>event databases,...if i know what fails in detail, i am sure i can
>fix or workaround it, but it must be located first,...
>
>Windows is 7-64 bit, so the MS SQL Server MSE is, the installer runs
>elevated
>(as Administrator) and after running into a "Acess denied" it does
>a rollback as expected,...
>
>The important part for me is that i get a detailed log of what and where
>the MSI Installer tries to access and what fails and where,...first without
>using System Monitoring Tools,...
>
>Thanks in advance,...
>
>regards
>
>Kerem

Hi

I can't be sure about MS Express, but SQL Server has installation log
file so I'd expect Management Studio to have them as well. For SQL
Server it's in %Program Files%\ Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup
Bootstrap\LOG

John

Kerem Gümrükcü

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Sep 1, 2010, 7:21:05 PM9/1/10

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Ok thanks, ill check it out and when i found a
solution, ill post it here,...

regards

Kerem