fatal error during installation (0x80070643) SQL Server MAnagement Studio: A valid destination folder for the install could not be determined

Question

I am installing the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (17.2).

It was installed before, but I re-install it because I forgot the admin password (shouldn't do this actually).

However, the re-installation is not successful. The same error message occurs:

fatal error during installation (0x80070643) SQL Server MAnagement Studio: A valid destination folder for the install could not be determined

I've found one solution here

A valid destination folder for the install could not be determined when installing SQL Server Management Studio 2016

But it didn't work on my machine. I even couldn't find the BootstrapDir.

Any ideas what I might look for to solve this problem?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Sorry for digging up this grave. If anyone has the same problem there is one registry key that blocks the instalation. Copying from this article. https://help.act.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024248314-Error-A-computer-restart-is-required-or-Reboot-pending-When-Attempting-to-Install-Act-or-the-Microsoft-SQL-Server-ACT7-Instance HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet[00n]\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations. This key can be a leftover sometimes and it signals the installer that there is a reboot pending after some other instalation. After deleting it installation goes without any problems.