I have developed a Windows Form Application in Visual Studio 2010, i.e., using .Net Framework 4 and MS SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. I published the project and also configured to install prerequisites as:
1) Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 Client Profile
2) Windows installer 4
3) MS SQL Server 2008 Express
The application setup is then created!
I then try to run the setup on a Windows XP machine. The setup failed while installing SQL Server 2008 Express.
Please Help.
As per my knowledge, SQL 2008 Express (only database engine package) needs .NET 2 SP2 to be installed on Windows XP. did you include .NET 2 SP2 with your package?
Can you try to run SQL 2008 setup manually and post the error message that is shown to you?