SQL Server 2019 Setup Error: 0x80004005

Question

I am trying to install a custom instance of SQL Server 2019 Setup. I've done everything I can to uninstall and reinstall the SQL server files, but every attempt has the same result. I'm on Windows 10 and I've had the custom installation work before on this computer, but there was an issue and I needed to redo the instance.

I cannot seem to attach a file here, so here is the paste of my summary log file. I've looked at probably 10 different questions on this forum about people with these errors and none of what was mentioned seemed to work for me.

Overall summary:
Final result: Failed: see details below
Exit code (Decimal): -2147467259
Start time: 2021-09-20 01:32:01
End time: 2021-09-20 01:36:47
Requested action: Install

Setup completed with required actions for features.
Troubleshooting information for those features:
Next step for FullText: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Next step for sql_inst_mpy: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Next step for sql_inst_mr: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Next step for AdvancedAnalytics: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Next step for SQLEngine: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Next step for Replication: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.

Machine Properties:
Machine name: DESKTOP-RHTV59J
Machine processor count: 16
OS version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (10.0.19043)
OS service pack:
OS region: United States
OS language: English (United States)
OS architecture: x64
Process architecture: 64 Bit
OS clustered: No

Product features discovered:
Product Instance Instance ID Feature Language Edition Version Clustered Configured

Package properties:
Description: Microsoft SQL Server 2019
ProductName: SQL Server 2019
Type: RTM
Version: 15
SPLevel: 0
Installation location: C:\SQL2019\ExpressAdv_ENU\x64\setup\
Installation edition: Express

Product Update Status:
None discovered.

Azul OpenJDK JRE installed. For information on Azul Zulu OpenJDK third party licensing, see https://www.azul.com/licenses-zulu-third-party-licenses/

User Input Settings:
ACTION: Install
ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN: true
AGTSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
AGTSVCPASSWORD: *****
AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Disabled
ASBACKUPDIR: Backup
ASCOLLATION: Latin1_General_CI_AS
ASCONFIGDIR: Config
ASDATADIR: Data
ASLOGDIR: Log
ASPROVIDERMSOLAP: 1
ASSERVERMODE: TABULAR
ASSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
ASSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS: <empty>
ASTELSVCACCT: <empty>
ASTELSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ASTELSVCSTARTUPTYPE: 0
ASTEMPDIR: Temp
BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Disabled
CLTCTLRNAME: <empty>
CLTRESULTDIR: <empty>
CLTSTARTUPTYPE: 0
CLTSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
CLTSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
CLTWORKINGDIR: <empty>
COMMFABRICENCRYPTION: 0
COMMFABRICNETWORKLEVEL: 0
COMMFABRICPORT: 0
CONFIGURATIONFILE:
CTLRSTARTUPTYPE: 0
CTLRSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
CTLRSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
CTLRUSERS: <empty>
ENABLERANU: true
ENU: true
EXTSVCACCOUNT: NT Service\MSSQLLaunchpad$SQLEXPRESS
EXTSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
FEATURES: SQLENGINE, REPLICATION, ADVANCEDANALYTICS, SQL_INST_MR, SQL_INST_MPY, SQL_INST_JAVA, FULLTEXT, CONN, BC, SDK
FILESTREAMLEVEL: 0
FILESTREAMSHARENAME: <empty>
FTSVCACCOUNT: NT Service\MSSQLFDLauncher$SQLEXPRESS
FTSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
HELP: false
IACCEPTPYTHONLICENSETERMS: true
IACCEPTROPENLICENSETERMS: true
IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS: true
IACKNOWLEDGEENTCALLIMITS: false
INDICATEPROGRESS: false
INSTALLSHAREDDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\
INSTALLSQLDATADIR: <empty>
INSTANCEDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
INSTANCEID: SQLEXPRESS
INSTANCENAME: SQLEXPRESS
ISMASTERSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\Network Service
ISMASTERSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ISMASTERSVCPORT: 8391
ISMASTERSVCSSLCERTCN: <empty>
ISMASTERSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
ISMASTERSVCTHUMBPRINT: <empty>
ISSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\Network Service
ISSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
ISTELSVCACCT: <empty>
ISTELSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ISTELSVCSTARTUPTYPE: 0
ISWORKERSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\Network Service
ISWORKERSVCCERT: <empty>
ISWORKERSVCMASTER: <empty>
ISWORKERSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ISWORKERSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
MATRIXCMBRICKCOMMPORT: 0
MATRIXCMSERVERNAME: <empty>
MATRIXNAME: <empty>
MRCACHEDIRECTORY:
NPENABLED: 0
PBDMSSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
PBDMSSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
PBDMSSVCSTARTUPTYPE: 0
PBENGSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
PBENGSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
PBENGSVCSTARTUPTYPE: 0
PBPORTRANGE: <empty>
PBSCALEOUT: false
PID: *****
QUIET: false
QUIETSIMPLE: false
ROLE: AllFeatures_WithDefaults
RSINSTALLMODE: DefaultNativeMode
RSSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
RSSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
SAPWD: *****
SECURITYMODE: SQL
SQLBACKUPDIR: <empty>
SQLCOLLATION: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
SQLJAVADIR:
SQLMAXDOP: 0
SQLMAXMEMORY: 2147483647
SQLMINMEMORY: 0
SQLSVCACCOUNT: NT Service\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
SQLSVCINSTANTFILEINIT: false
SQLSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS: DESKTOP-RHTV59J\Altarian
SQLTELSVCACCT: NT Service\SQLTELEMETRY$SQLEXPRESS
SQLTELSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
SQLTELSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
SQLTEMPDBDIR: <empty>
SQLTEMPDBFILECOUNT: 1
SQLTEMPDBFILEGROWTH: 64
SQLTEMPDBFILESIZE: 8
SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR: <empty>
SQLTEMPDBLOGFILEGROWTH: 64
SQLTEMPDBLOGFILESIZE: 8
SQLUSERDBDIR: <empty>
SQLUSERDBLOGDIR: <empty>
SUPPRESSPAIDEDITIONNOTICE: false
SUPPRESSPRIVACYSTATEMENTNOTICE: false
TCPENABLED: 0
UIMODE: AutoAdvance
UpdateEnabled: true
UpdateSource: MU
USEMICROSOFTUPDATE: false
USESQLRECOMMENDEDMEMORYLIMITS: false
X86: false

Configuration file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20210920_013201\ConfigurationFile.ini

Detailed results:
Feature: Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
Status: Failed
Reason for failure: An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x80004005
Error description: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error help link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=15.0.2000.5&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325

Feature: Java
Status: Passed

Feature: Python
Status: Failed
Reason for failure: An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x80004005
Error description: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error help link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=15.0.2000.5&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325

Feature: R
Status: Failed
Reason for failure: An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x80004005
Error description: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error help link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=15.0.2000.5&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325

Feature: Machine Learning Services and Language Extensions
Status: Failed
Reason for failure: An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x80004005
Error description: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error help link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=15.0.2000.5&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325

Feature: Database Engine Services
Status: Failed
Reason for failure: An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x80004005
Error description: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error help link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=15.0.2000.5&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325

Feature: SQL Server Replication
Status: Failed
Reason for failure: An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x80004005
Error description: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error help link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=15.0.2000.5&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325&EvtType=0xDC112D1C%400xDC80C325

Feature: Client Tools Backwards Compatibility
Status: Passed

Feature: Client Tools SDK
Status: Passed

Feature: Client Tools Connectivity
Status: Passed

Feature: SQL Writer
Status: Passed

Rules with failures or warnings:

Global rules:
Warning IsFirewallEnabled The Windows Firewall is enabled. Make sure the appropriate ports are open to enable remote access. See the rules documentation at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2094702 for information about ports to open for each feature.

Rules report file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20210920_013201\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm

Answer 1

Hi @Altarian ,

See this link: https://bobcares.com/blog/an-error-occurred-for-a-dependency-of-the-feature-causing-the-setup-process-for-the-feature-to-fail/
It carefully describes all the steps of the solution in detail.
Here is Release notes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
SSMS 18.9.2 is the latest general availability (GA) release of SSMS.

Best regards,
Seeya

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Answer 2

I'm jumping to an Answer, because the comment level is getting too deep.

So it is the SQL Server service that does not start. I was afraid that it was something else, because that usually results in a different error message.

Is there a file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG? That file may have the reason why SQL Server does not start.

By the way, are you running any particular anti-malware software or just plain Windows Defender?

Answer 3

So when you started SQL Server this way, it started. Then things went south, because we should probably have supplied the special arguments needed for Setup.

This suggest that the Service Manager is not able to start SQL Server for some reason, and I guess that is a WMI problem. Which is Windows and not SQL Server and way outside my comfort zone.

It's possible we could SQL Server to run, it we start SQL Server a number of time, with the same arguments as Setup uses. But I would have to figure this out by reading errorlogs from a fresh install, which I don't have in store. And in the end, you would probably still have problems with starting SQL Server as a service.

So I think you better try to uninstall the lot. Then you can see if you can load SQL Server localdb and only install that one. This is a lighter edition of SQL Server which runs in user space. It does not have all feature, but if you only want to play with T-SQL, it may be good enough.