Where is the MSDE install log?

Where you can find the MSDE install log depends on what options you chose when you ran your install.

By default, no log is produced when you run setup.exe to install MSDE. To get a log, you have to add the /L parameter.

To get the MSDE install to log:

1. In the MSDE installer folder, right-click Setup.exe and create a shortcut

2. View properties for the shortcut, and at the end of the Target string, add

/L*v C:\MSDE_setup.log

For example:

"C:\MSDE\setup.exe" /L*v C:\MSDE_setup.log

3. Install by running the shortcut.

Note that /L tells setup to produce a log. The *v parameter makes it a verbose log. And C:\MSDE_setup.log is the location of the log that will be produced.

You can use a different location and/or filename. Setup will overwrite the file if it already exists.