How to change the SQL Server 2008 default install path

1、Run the setup, select all the features you want to install. ­

2、DO NOT change the install path, press next. ­

3、When you see the screen displaying the configuration summary, check the config.ini path, then copy/paste the file to another drive or folder. ­

4、Edit this file to set correct values for INSTALLSHAREDDIR & INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR (for my case I set D:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Sql Server and D:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft

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Sql Server (x86)). ­

5、Run setup from the command line : setup.exe /q /action=Install /configurationfile=<Path

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of your config.ini which you have modified.> ­

Note : the /q stands for silent mode. I didn't try without this switch.

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