I am installing SQL 2005 Enterpise version on Windows 2003 Standard
64Bit

During the installation I want to set the install directory to

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server

I click the Advanced button at the beginning of the install, and I can
browse to where I want the the app to be installed.

The default is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server
So I browse to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server

I eventually want my master to be installed to

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\master.mdf

However, even though I've seletected my install path, the installation
insists on going to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server
and my master goes to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
\master.mdf


I know that in the startup parameters I can change the path of the
master, log and errorlog
But I want my root directory to be
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL
instead, I get
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL

How can I make this happen?

Thanks

Looks like you are installing 32-bit SQL on a 64_bit OS.

Chris

"spacemancw" <spacemancw@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am installing SQL 2005 Enterpise version on Windows 2003 Standard
> 64Bit
>
> During the installation I want to set the install directory to
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
>
> I click the Advanced button at the beginning of the install, and I can
> browse to where I want the the app to be installed.
>
> The default is
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server
> So I browse to
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
>
> I eventually want my master to be installed to
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\master.mdf
>
> However, even though I've seletected my install path, the installation
> insists on going to
>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server
> and my master goes to
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
> \master.mdf
>
>
> I know that in the startup parameters I can change the path of the
> master, log and errorlog
> But I want my root directory to be
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL
> instead, I get
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL
>
> How can I make this happen?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>