Issue of Installing SQL Management Studio

Question

Hi,

I still have an issue of installing SQL Management Studio 2012 or even any version, so it gives me errors and i don't know what to so with that. Many people saw that issue and no body could fix it, i really need your help and why SQL Management Studio can't be installed in my Windows 7 64 bit

Thanks so much

Raed

Answer 1

What edition are you trying to install? You should install Developer Edition on W7..

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Answer 2

so it gives me errors and

And which error message are you getting?

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Answer 3

Hi Raed,

According to your description, you fail to install SQL Server 2012 Management Studio on windows 7. It is supported to install SQL Server 2012 Management Studio on windows 7. Please help to post SQL Server setup error log for analysis. By default, SQL Server setup summary and detail logs locate in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log.
 
Make sure that your account has admin rights and you right-click the setup.exe and choose “Run as administrator” to install SQL Server. To troubleshoot the issue, please pay attention to the points below.
 
1.Make sure that you install or enable .NET 3.5 SP1.
 
2.Make sure that you install Windows 7 SP1.
 
3.Make sure that you install Windows PowerShell 2.0.
 
For more information about the process, please refer to the article: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506(v=sql.110).aspx
 
Regards,
Michelle Li