SQL Installation Error

Error

The following error has occurred:

VS Shell installation has failed with exit code 1638.

For help, click: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=14.0.1000.169&EvtType=0x5B39C8B9%25401434%25403

Solution

1. Uninstall the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) and (x64),
2. install SQL Server,
3. then reinstall the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) and (x64).

Links Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable:

X64: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746572

x86: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746571

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