Recently, Microsoft released SQL Server 2016 CTP for public and today I decided to Just install SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.1 Management Studio on my Windows 7 machine by using “SSMS-Web-Setup.exe”. (I tried to install full blown engine using ISO, but it says my OS is unsupported). Anyways…coming to the issue, I downloaded the file and placed it under my default downloads folder and ran the setup file as an admin. After few minutes, It failed generating huge log file, which is basically referencing to other .msi files present in my downloads folder and complaining that elements are not found. I previously downloaded SQLDOM, few Reporting services related msi’s etc which are located in my downloads folder. So, basically SSMS 2016 web Setup has conflicts with those old files which are present in the same folder.
Fix: Created a new folder and place the “SSMS-Web-Setup.exe” file in it and run the setup. That’s it guys…It worked just fine.
Actually, there is a connect item as well opened for this issue.
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