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[Package Issue]: Microsoft.SQLServer.2022.Express (Silent installation fails on many OS locales)
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### Category of the issue
Installation issue.
### Brief description of your issue
If Windows 11 is set to a system locale that is not on SQL Server's explicit list of supported locale, then silent installation fails because it refuses to silently accept a locale-related prompt early on.
### Steps to reproduce
1) Go to the Windows 11 settings.
2) Ensure the main system locale is set to pretty much anything that would seem rare (Norwegian, Danish, Hindi, Serbian, Filipino, etc.) but which still has full Windows 11 GUI support.
3) Run `winget install Microsoft.SQLServer.2022.Express`
### Actual behavior
Silent installation fails because the installer automatically closes when reaching an early point in the installation.
### Expected behavior
Silent installation succeeds by automatically saying yes at that point in the installation.
### Environment
```raw
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.29.170-preview
© 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.8246
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.29.170.0
WinGet Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules
Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale
Group Policy State
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Enable Windows App Installer Hash Override Enabled
Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Enabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Enabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Enabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
ConfigurationProcessorPath Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
```
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Microsoft.SQLServer.2022.Express package entry and reproduce the installation on Windows 11 using one of the listed non-English system locales. Review the installation logs in the WinGet diagnostics directory and compare behavior with a supported locale; done means the package installs silently without closing at the locale prompt.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- sql
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100