Problem with installing solid works

Question

hello everyone, i wanted to install solidworks 22-23 on my laptop but this error keeps popping up

"The executable file "C:\Users\luism\OneDrive\Documents\SOLIDWORKS Downloads\SOLIDWORKS 2022 SP03.1\PreReqs\SQLServer\en_sql_server_2019_express_x64_e2d9f596.exe" /ConfigurationFile="C:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS Electrical\SWSQLSetup.ini" / IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /Q /SAPWD=SQLpwd4ew /AGTSVCPASSWORD=SQLpwd4ew did not install successfully."

I have a new pc with the right requirements (windows 11, 64-bit) imagem_2023-03-06_204845476

Answer

Hi Luis,

Welcome to Q&A Forum, this is a great place to get support, answers and tips.

Thank you for posting your query, I'll be more than glad to help you out.

Maybe... just assuming by some buzz word in your post...

You are trying to install Solidworks on your LAPTOP which means it might be a Windows 11 operation system... and you (the setup) tries to install a SQL Server 2019 Express onto Windows 11... and that doesn't work?!

There is a known "bug".
Windows 11 uses different block sizes for disc alignment (32k) which aren't supported by SQL Server.

BUT there is a work around

[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/database-file-operations/troubleshoot-os-4kb-disk-sector-size

](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/database-file-operations/troubleshoot-os-4kb-disk-sector-size

)or, what also might help... add the traceflag 1800 to the SQL Server startup parameter

I hope my answer is helpful to you,

Your

Bjoern Peters

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