{"id":491,"date":"2012-08-26T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T07:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techsupport.relyonsoft.in\/?p=491"},"modified":"2014-04-23T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T11:06:20","slug":"sql-server-setup-cannot-install-files-to-the-compressed-or-encrypted-folder-cprogram-filesmicrosoft-sql-server-to-continue-make-sure-that-your-installation-directories-are-not-compressed-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/sql-server-setup-cannot-install-files-to-the-compressed-or-encrypted-folder-cprogram-filesmicrosoft-sql-server-to-continue-make-sure-that-your-installation-directories-are-not-compressed-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Error 28111: SQL Server setup cannot install files to the compressed or encrypted folder: C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\. To continue, make sure that your installation directories are not compressed or encrypted, or specify a different directory, and then run SQL Server Setup again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Error:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SQL Server setup cannot install files to the compressed or encrypted folder: C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\. To continue, make sure that your installation directories are not compressed or encrypted, or specify a different directory, and then run SQL Server Setup again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snapshot:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techsupport.relyonsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Error-28111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-560\" title=\"Error 28111\" src=\"http:\/\/techsupport.relyonsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Error-28111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Error-28111.jpg 469w, https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Error-28111-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SQL Express really doesn&#8217;t like compressed folders.\u00a0 You can tell a folder is compressed if it appears to have a blue name instead of a black name.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to Fix:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Uncompress the &#8220;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL.1\\MSSQL\\Data&#8221; directory by following these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate\u00a0&#8220;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL.1\\MSSQL\\&#8221; folder<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on &#8220;Data&#8221; folder and choose Properties.<\/li>\n<li>Click the Advanced button.<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck the box that says &#8216;Compress contents to save disk space&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Click OK.<\/li>\n<li>When prompted, make sure you apply changes to all folders, subfolders and files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Error: SQL Server setup cannot install files to the compressed or encrypted folder: C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\. To continue, make sure that your installation directories are not compressed or encrypted, or specify a different directory, and then run SQL Server Setup again. Snapshot: Solution 1: SQL Express really doesn&#8217;t like compressed folders.\u00a0 You can tell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}