sql-server-2016-express

Whilst installing SSMS 2016, I get the following error and setup terminates: SQL Server 2016 Common Files: A valid destination folder for the install could not be determined. I've tried the following solutions: Delete all files in %TEMP% folder Check that BootstrapDir exists in HKLM The above 2 options where suggested on the MS sites. I have administrator privileges and I must also add that I have already installed SSMS 2016 on this machine but I removed it to clean up some space. Any ideas what I might look for to solve this problem? This is the exact error message I was getting:

I just downloaded the latest version of SQL Express 2012 but I cannot connect to localhost. I tried localhost\SQLExpress and Windows authentication but it gives me an error message saying cannot connect. Am I missing something here? I've used SQL Server 2008 before and I've never had issues connecting to localhost. It seems that it can't even find it. Also in the Services I only see a SQL Server VSS Writer. Is this the way it should be? Or am I missing something? Thanks Ravindra Bagale According to Aaron Bertand : You need to verify that the SQL Server service is running. You can do this by