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I am running SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. select @@version returns the following string:

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) - 10.50.4000.0 (Intel X86) Jun 28 2012 08:42:37 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Express Edition on Windows NT 6.2 (Build 9200: ) (WOW64) (Hypervisor)

I don't know how the installation made it's way on this server. Anyway I am trying to configure the Express Edition using Management Studio. I know I can add the feature via Control Panel, however I don't have the original installer package, so no luck there.

That's why I went to the Microsoft site and downloaded SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe. But the installation keeps throwing this .NET exception.

An error occured creating the configuration section handler for userSettings/Microsoft.SQLServer.Configuration.LandingPage.Properties.Settings: Could not load file or assembly 'System, Version=4.0.0.0 Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=.....? or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (C:\Users\myUsers\AppData\Local\Microsoft_Corporation\LandingPage.exe_StrongName_ryspccglaxmt4nhdfas[...]\10.0.0.0\user.confi

What am I doing wrong here?

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Sorry for the noise, I have figured it out by myself in the meantime. The only thing that needs to be done is to delete the following file:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft_Corporation\LandingPage.exe_StrongName_ryspccglaxmt4nhllj5z3thycltsvyyx\10.0.0.0\user.config

Then restart the installation process and you're good!

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