Hi ALL,


when I try to install SQL Server 2008 I get the following error:


TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup
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The following error has occurred:

Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\License
Terms\SQLServer2008_License_ENT_1033.rtf' is denied.

Click 'Retry' to retry the failed action, or click 'Cancel' to cancel this
action and continue setup.

For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkI...25400x08A3AE96

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BUTTONS:

&Retry
Cancel
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NOTE: I have checked the path and the file
SQLServer2008_License_ENT_1033.rtf and it exists in the same path and I can
open it but I don’t know why the setup cant access the file.

Anybody can help please.

Thanks in advanced

Hi again,

well I found the Answer, I need to delete the
SQLServer2008_License_ENT_1033.rtf file from the mentioned path.

Regards

"Yasercom" <Yaser.abu-khudier (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

What a weird problem and solution this is...

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Ekrem ?nsoy - SQL Server MVP


"Yasercom" <Yaser.abu-khudier (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>, iletisinde ?unu yazd?,
news:5D4D06F0-4B13-4006-810D-C8D51FBF96B0 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com...

Thanks heaps for this solution.
I got this error when attempting to add the Management Tools - Complete to
an existing sql server 2008 developer edition instance.
I had first installed SQL Server Express edition, and then installed SQL
Server developer edition as a seperate instance. The error came when I tried
to add the Management Tools - Complete feature to the MSSQLSERVER instance.

At a guess, I'd say that the installer does not expect that file to exist,
and it is trying to create the file without appropriate logic to handle
overwrite conditions.


"Yasercom" wrote: