How do I fix a “Performance counter registry hive consistency” when installing SQL Server R2 Express?

Question

I\'m trying to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from this site:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/database/

I have a 64-bit, Windows 7 machine.

I have t

Answer 1

I had this same problem. For me this solution worked for SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.

1. Create a shortcut for SQLEXPRWT_x64_ENU.exe (This is the name of the file I used)
2. Right-click on the shortcut and click "Properties"
3. Look for a box under the shortcut tab that says "Target"
4. Inside of the target box, add to whatever is already in there this line:

/Action=install /SKIPRULES=PerfMonCounterNotCorruptedCheck

Of course this does not fix the underlying issue but it is a workaround because this fix also works on the principle of skipping the Performance counter check in the setup. The difference is this method worked for me when doing it through the command line failed.