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Hiren Parghi
Hiren Parghi

Reputation: 1895

vs shell installation has failed with exit code 1638

I have received the following error while installing MSSQL 2017 on Windows 2012 R2.

vs shell installation has failed with exit code 1638

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Upvotes: 11

Views: 23963

Answers (3)

Mahmoud Valizadeh
Mahmoud Valizadeh

Reputation: 667

This Error means 1-Another version of this program is already installed 2-Visual Studio 2017 Is In Installing Level And Not Complete 3-Visual Studio 2017 installed (Not For All) If You Have Other Version . Remove Or Update The SSMS. If Your Visual Studio In Installing Level. Wait To Complete And Then Try To Setup Else To fix the issue, use the following workarounds:

Repair the x64 version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable from Add or remove programs by using following steps:

Open Add or remove programs. Find and select Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64). Click the Change button. Click the Repair button. If you encounter this issue when installing TFS, you can start VC_redist.x64.exe from the TFS installation files, and then select repair. Hope This Help You To Fix Microsoft Support Article

Upvotes: 4

Husam Ebish
Husam Ebish

Reputation: 6828

You must install SQL Server first before installing Visual Studio 2017.

If you have already installed Visual Studio 2017, do not worry, just follow the steps below:

Uninstall the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) and (x64)

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Then install SQL Server.

Do not forget to select "Database Engine Services"

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Change "Startup Type" of SQL Server Browser from "Disabled" to "Automatic"

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The installation will be done without any problems:

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Then reinstall the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) and (x64)

Upvotes: 18

Jaqueline
Jaqueline

Reputation: 1

Do you have Visual Studio 2017 installed in your computer? If so, try uninstalling it, then install SQL Server, and reinstall Visual Studio. I had the same problem today when installing MSSQL 2017, and solved it like that.

I read in some sites you can also try only uninstalling Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (86x) and (64x), but I didn't try this solution, so I'm not sure if it works. It's still worth a shot though, as it's easier than uninstalling the whole Visual Studio.

Upvotes: 0

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