SQL Server 2017 installation is stuck

Question

For some reason I can\'t get SQL Server 2017 installed on my Windows 10 machine.

First thing to do with this buggy installer is that I had to uninstall VCRun

Answer 1

My 2 cents: SQL Server Installer consists of several small MSI installers. MSI installers can only be installed one after each other (as fas as I know). In my case, I launched another MSI setup while installing SQL Server. This caused SQL Server Setup to hold until I finished the concurrently running setup.

So, at least in my case the problem was self-made.