Hi
I have a problem to get SQL Server 2014 Express Edition installed on a machine when the Native Client is already installed.
I have a Windows 8.1 Enterprise x86 machine with an already installed SQL Server 2012 Native Client (11.0.2100.60). The installer of SQL Server 2014 Express, SQLEXPRWT_x86_ENU.exe (12.0.2000.8) extracts everything needed to install the database, but seems not to extract the sqlncli_2012 when the native client is already installed.
Then, I run the installer, select Database Engine Servers and Management Tools and run the installation which fails with the following error:
A network error occured while attempting to read from the file:
C:\...\1033_ENU_LP\x86\setup\x86\sqlncli_2012.msi
Well, the sqlncli_2012.msi is indeed not in the given folder.
If I uninstall the SQL Native Client 2012 prior to run SQLEXPRWT_x86_ENU.exe, the sqlncli_2012.msi is in the given folder and the installation runs through without error.
Is there a way to install SQL Server 2014 Express WITHOUT having to remove an already present SQL Native Client?