SQL Error – Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1), error CVT1108, erro...

SQL Error – Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1), error CVT1108, error CS1583

Few days back I got an email from one of this blog reader mentioning that he was facing issues while Installing SQL Server, and was getting following error:

SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:

Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1).
error CVT1108: cannot open C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Temp\RESAC3F.tmp for writing
error CS1583: ‘c:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Temp\CSCAC2F.tmp’ is not a valid Win32 resource file

By the above error its evident that the user does not have sufficient rights to the Temporary location mentioned above “C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Temp”.

As the SQL Server installer EXE is trying to extract the compressed files to this Temp location before actually installing SQL Server on your machine. But it looks like due to some reason the use account does not have access to this location, thus throwing error mentioned above.

–> Now the resolution for this is to, either:

1. Re-extract the contents to an another drive where you have full permission.

2. To set proper rights for the User on the Temp location. Go to the above Temp location and Right-click on the Temp folder, and select Properties, go to Securities tab. Under the “Groups or user names:” section just check if your user name is there. Select the user name and make sure it should have “Full Control” selected under the “Permissions for Administrators”. If it’s not then click on the Edit button and provide Full rights to the user account.