SQL Server 2008 : Invoke or BeginInvoke cannot be called on a control until the window handle has ..

While installing SQL Server 2008 Express edition Service pack 1 (x64) for a Windows server 2008 R2 machine, I encountered the following error:

Invoke or BeginInvoke cannot be called on a control until the window handle has been created.
Went through lots of posts reg. this earlier none of which worked. So here,s what I tried….

Right click on the setup (SQLEXPR_x64_ENU) –> Click on troubleshoot compatibility –>it takes you through a window..(i dnt remember v clearly….)–>Takes you to a page to show what changes have been made to make it compatible with your OS, finally –>click on “Start the program”

You would be surprised how well it runs!!

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/19743eee-0f2e-456e-919f-950075e9fae1/sql-server-2008-invoke-or-begininvoke-cannot-be-called-on-a-control-until-the-window-handle-has?forum=sqlexpress

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Know issue

Check-out below threads for workarounds

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/petersad/archive/2009/08/14/invoke-or-begininvoke-cannot-be-called-on-a-control-until-the-window-handle-has-been-created.aspx

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlexpress/thread/4b860e10-35b1-40db-b8f5-d234fc3f66f1

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1. create temp directory under c:\

2. I had the very same problem on a machine with win7 professional os. Creating “temp” directory under c:\ drive did not solve my problem , but “run as administrator” option works fine.Thank you Paballo Mogorosi :)