Hello,

on my system the file is in the %TEMP% directory , same locaton like the decompress file.

If this file is not exists on you computer then it can be that the install of the SQL Express is not started, then this can be a reason for the error in the setup.

Then we must show if we find a file which log why the SQL setup is not started.

There is a directoy %AUTINSTLOG% (type it in the explorer adressbar), here all setup logfiles for Simatic are stored, search for any file with SQL in the name.

Regards

Christoph

Hi,

yes this looks better-.

And from the other Logfile:

"Extracting files to: C:\Users\Stelios"

So the problem is you user account with the blanks in it.
I never use a login with blanks, it cause a lot of problem!

So please try to use  a login without any blank or something in it.

You should also check if the 8.3 support is enabled or disabled on you systems.

open a cmd shell with admin privilege
type ' fsutil 8dot3name query c: '

for the classic prodict line of SiMATIC is better that the 8.3 support is enabled!

Then such errors can't occurred.

Regards

Christoph

The same error occurrs with Windows 7 and a username with blank, so this is a general problem with WinCC V7.4 and the SQL Server component. 

but is already documented in the Installation Rquirements !

1.Uninstall SQL same version.(Wincc 7.4>>Sql 2014)

2.Delete Folder  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server

3.Restart your computer for sureness.

4.Install wincc.

It works.

this solution can fix error when install Automation license manager then receive code 1935 ,0x80073715

OS: Windows Server 2012 R2

WinCC version 7.4

I'm having the same issue.  I did however check both the Windows Event Logs (and found no Errors or Warnings referring to issues that resulted during the installation of SQL Server 2014 Standard 32-bit) as well as the RASETUP.LOG that is mentioned in the README file as being "the" log file created during the run of the WinCC v7.4 software.

Here is the relevant section of the log (RASETUP file attached)

Afterward, I did a search for "SQL Installation was not Successful error=77" however the results didn't return anything that I could link back to this particular issue.  Part of it as well is the fact that because this is an embedded version of SQL Server, there doesn't appear to be much in the way of options when it relates to making changes for compatibility of SQL Server.

Has anyone else run into this?  As a previous post suggested that perhaps the problem relates to the fact that I'm also using Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) and this version of SQL Server 2014 Standard is 32-bit.  Is there a workaround using a 64-bit version of SQL Server?

Hi There!
I am having the exact same issue during the SQL installation, however there are no spaces in my User name, nor are there any events showing in any of the Windows Event logs. I am seeing in the log file exit message the below:

"The patch file cannot be opened. The file is: C:\WinCC 7.4 SP1\InstData\SQL\SQL2014STDSP1\setup\PCUSOURCE\x86\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_msi\sql_engine_core_inst.msp."

Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks in advance!

The issue appears to have been resolved by the information found here:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/silverlight/en-US/18806293-ac9a-472e-aaba-5d862ad4b857/sql-server-enterprise-core-2012-sp1-setup-failure?forum=sqlsetupandupgrade

I had initially received the WinCC software via an .iso and extracted it to a USB drive. I then copied all the files to the directory mentioned in my setup.log above. I tried removing the spaces from the folder names and was still unsuccessful. I then re-downloaded the .iso placing the .iso itself on the PC's HDD. I extracted from it there using a different extraction software and was able to run the setup with no problem. 

Hope this helps someone else..