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drh3010
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Posted - 2007-09-21 : 15:47:47
I'm going to be explicit here because I'm running out of time.

What I need is SQL Server Express to install silently embedded in my application's installation. The user may already have SQL Server Express installed.

Once this is complete, in the SQL Server Configuration Manager under SQL Server 2005 Network Configuration, there should be an entry: Protocols for SONICI with Shared Memory, Named Pipes, and TCP/IP all set to Enabled.

When logging into the server, there should be a choice for COMPUTERNAME\SONICI and there should be a new folder \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$SONICI.

Here's what my installer launches from the command prompt:
SQLEXPR32.exe -q /norebootchk /qn reboot=ReallySuppress addlocal=all instancename=SONICI SQLAUTOSTART=1

It doesn't work. And if I remove the /qn and run it, I get the ever so informative message: "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup was unable to install on your computer."

The log file reads:
Error: Action "LaunchLocalBootstrapAction" threw an exception during execution. Error information reported during run:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\setup.exe" finished and returned: 1603

I have no clue what is wrong and I can't find any helpful information on the web.
   

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