Run Windows Application built in Visual Studio 2010 in Windows XP SP2

Question

I have developed a Windows Form Application in Visual Studio 2010, ie, 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.

Answer 1

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?