Hi,

I try to install SQL 2008 Developer on Vista 64 bit, which should be possible.
However I alwas get an error like the following:

Unable to open Windows Installer file
'G:\x64\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_loc_msi\1033\sq l_engine_core_inst_loc.msi

The file is there and I tried to download it 3 times from my MSDN
subscription to make sure that it is not corrupted during its download, but
without succes. Probably the file is corrupted at the source? I have seen
several people on the internet that have this problem; but not one that has a
solution as yet.

Can anybody help?

Thanks,
Jan

What kind of drive is G:\? CD, USB, virtual drive, mapped drive, local,
....?




On 7/20/09 9:33 AM, in article
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<Jan (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote:

Aaron,

G:\ was a virtual clon drive that mapped the iso on a local NTFS disk.
I also suspected this, so I opened the iso and copied the files directly on
a local disk but this gave the same result.

thanks,
Jan



"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

Did you try to burn that ISO to a CD\DVD and giving another try for the
installation?

I experienced this kind of problems not in SQL Server ISO files but other
ISO files. Some of those setups did not work properly when running them
through a program like Alcohol or PowerIso or VM but they worked when I
burnt them on a CD\DVD.

Another minor possibility that comes to my mind, did you update your Windows
Installer to the lastest version which was 4.x?

--
Ekrem Önsoy - SQL Server MVP



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Also do you have anti-virus software running?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970667


On 7/20/09 11:04 AM, in article
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<Jan (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote:

Ekrem,

Indeed burning a DVD did the trick!
But I don't really understand why this should make a difference.

thanks!
Jan

"Ekrem Önsoy" wrote:

You know, you can't find everything on papers and world is far away from
being perfect =)

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Ekrem Önsoy - SQL Server MVP



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