


Secondly, we will look at the security implications of running this software.

Firstly, we’ll cover what LocalDB is, how to obtain it and how to update it. This article is pretty long, so it’s divided into three sections. What exactly is LocalDB, and how is it different from other versions of SQL Server? And, more importantly, if we have applications where LocalDB is a prerequisite, what is the best way of deploying it? If it can’t be patched, should we be deploying it? CUs and Security Updates cannot be applied manually and will not be applied via Windows Update, Windows Update for Business, or other methods.īut we’re getting ahead of ourselves. LocalDB cannot be patched beyond Service Packs. Wait, what? No security updates? From the documentation at A cut down version of SQL Server Express intended for developers that doesn’t get security updates. Uninstall the VC++ 2017 Redistributableģ.SQL Server Express LocalDB is a strange offering from Microsoft. – Or, rather than uninstalling whole VS 2017, you can simply:ġ. – As per the second error, the SQL Server setup tries to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable, but as I already have Visual Studio 2017 installed, thus it is failing to install a previous version of VC++, so you need to:ģ. Visit &ProdVer=.169&EvtType=VCRuntime140_圆4%40Install%400×1638 to get help on troubleshooting. § Error installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable … and once you click OK, the installation resumes, but ends in error again, with following error details:

VS Shell installation has failed with exit code 1638. Now today while re-installing it I was getting this error. Earlier I had installed SQL Server 2017 but had to uninstall it for some reason. Today while installing SQL Server 2017 on my PC I got this popup on the Installation Progress tab.
