Hi,
As I see, your problem is rather related to the wrong installation of SQL Express from the point of view of AppFabric requirements. A limitation imposes that you specify the name of the instance as SQLEXPRESS. You need to uninstall SQLEXPRESS and then, when
reinstall it, during the installation wizard, there is a step called "Instance Configuration". There, instead of leaving Default instance, you will select Named instance, and give it the name SQLEXPRESS.

I hope it helped.
Marius