When installations fail, the first thing to do is to check the setup logs.
The logs provide an insight as to what happened.
Most of the logs are in your %temp% folder. The logs will look like:
dd_netfx*
dd_vsinstall80*
The SQL logs are stored in a different location though. If SQL Server Express fails, the logs can be found under:
\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG
When submitting a bug or posting to a newsgroup, cut-n-paste the error and the lines above the error to help us debug your failure.
Comments
- Anonymous
October 20, 2005
For similar information about patch logs for .NET and VS read http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2005/10/20/483129.aspx. - Anonymous
May 01, 2006
There is also a more detailed list of log file names and locations at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/447012.aspx. - Anonymous
April 22, 2008
About the logging policy for the new patch wrapper shipping with patches for the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005.