SQL Server 2012 Express prerequisites Error in visual studio

Question

I am trying to make a setup file for my WPF Project using "Setup Project", But I get the following errors when trying to build the project:

ERROR: To enable 'Download prerequisites from the same location as my application' in the Prerequisites dialog box, you must download file 'SqlExpress2012\\SQLEXPR32_x86_ENU.EXE' for item 'SQL Server 2012 Express' to your local machine. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=616018 .

ERROR: To enable 'Download prerequisites from the same location as my application' in the Prerequisites dialog box, you must download file 'SqlExpress2012\\SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.EXE' for item 'SQL Server 2012 Express' to your local machine. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=616018 .

Although I've downloaded and moved these files to Packages folder, it still gets this error. (I had the same problem with .Net Framework 4.6.1 prerequisites , after moving downloaded files to to the Packages folder, problem was fixed)

Answer 1

I can't post a comment yet, so I will just answer.

There are many questions on stackoverflow that can help you with your problem:

ClickOnce cannot find its prerequisites while the files are at the place they have to be <--This one is marked as answered

cannot put prerquisite components in the same location as my application

Error while setting Sql Express 2012 as prerequisite

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Hope it helps