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rajmuthusamy
Jan 17, 2020Copper Contributor
2019 Express Silent Install
I'm trying to do a quiet install of the 2019 Express edition. Downloaded the installation application (SQL2019-SSEI-Expr.exe) and created a configuration file with the following parameters. [OPTIONS...
vassilis-MSFT
Jan 18, 2020Learn Expert
Hi rajmuthusamy ,
this is because this is just an installer, not the actual installation file. You can use the installer to download the actual installation file namely "SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe". Then you can run this which extracts the files in a folder you specify. In there you can find the actual SETUP.EXE for the installation of SQL Server 2019 Express.
HTH
Vassilis