Installation - Troubleshooting

BarTender was unable to install Microsoft SQL Server Express on Windows 10 20H2

Symptom The problem presents itself when trying to install the full BarTender Suite and SQL Server Express 2014 as part of the BarTender installation. You may encounter the following error, "BarTender was unable to install Microsoft SQL Express..." If you proceed to manually install SQL Server E...
Installation Failure: ShellExtension.dll Failed to Register - BarTender 2021

Symptom When installing BarTender, you may see the following message during the installation process. When the option to Ignore is selected, the installation will continue and complete, however, when you open BarTender, you may see one of the following error messages: Environment BarTender 2021...
Error 0x800F0954 while installing .NET Framework

Symptom You may receive this error when trying to install .NET Framework (a required component for BarTender to run) on Windows 10.      Environment Windows 10 You're making use of WSUS (Windows Server Update Services). This error may occur if the .NET Installer is not approved in WSUS. Usual...
Invalid password for Print Portal Service Account prompt during BarTender Installation

Symptom During BarTender Print Portal installation, prompt appears to inform that "A user account called IIS_WEBPRINT already exists on this computer" and prompts for the account's password. The entered password is invalid or you do not know where to obtain the password for this account. Environm...