SQL Server 2008: The INSTANCESHAREDWOWDIR command line value was not specified.

Filed Under (SQL Server 2008) by Just An Admin on 20-05-2009

When trying to install SQL 2008 Express on one of our Windows 2008 x64 servers, i was surpirsed by this error message when specifying another install drive:

The INSTANCESHAREDWOWDIR command line value was not specified. This value must be specified when the INSTANCESHAREDDIR value is specified.

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