I am running Win 10 Ent x64, SQL Express Adv. x64. SQL Installer freezes to repair/uninstall on action Install_SqlSupport_Cpu64_Action. Cancel does not work. I have looked in the Detail.txt and it seems to loop in the following:
Running Action: Install_SqlSupport_Cpu64_Action
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: SetFeaturePropsModifyInstallAction for SqlSupport_Cpu64
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\RefCount\SQL2017
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: File 'D:\SQLServer2017Media\ExpressAdv_ENU\1033_ENU_LP\x64\setup\x64\SqlSupport.msi' does not exist
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value InstallDir
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: File 'D:\SQLServer2017Media\ExpressAdv_ENU\1033_ENU_LP\x64\setup\x64\SqlSupport.msi' does not exist
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: File 'D:\SQLServer2017Media\ExpressAdv_ENU\1033_ENU_LP\x64\setup\x64\SqlSupport.msi' does not exist
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Checkpoint: PREINSTALL_SQLSUPPORT_CPU64_ACTION
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Waiting for service 'msiserver' to accept the stop request.
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:02 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:07 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:07 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:07 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:07 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:07 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:12 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:12 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:12 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:12 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:12 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:17 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:17 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:17 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:17 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:17 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:22 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:22 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:22 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2018-06-05 11:04:22 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
It will loop until the task is killed. Please help resolve the problem