Let me start by saying I am not a DBA, and I actually don't have alot of database admin experience. I'm just a guy trying to run SQL Server on my local machine to build some simple.NET applications for learning and practice. I am experiencing this same problem referenced in this post , but it is with SQL Server Express 2014. Could not find database engine startup handle error means SQL Server installation was able to install SQL Server services but when installation is trying to start SQL Server services its failing.A simple solution I mentioned In isPlease go to SQL Server configuration manager and locate the SQL Server servicesRight click on SQL Server express service and select properties and change startup account to Local System and select apply then OK. This will start services with Local system account privilege.Certain reasons which can cause this error.The account which user selected on Server Configuration page window ( during installation) is somehow not able to bring SQL Server database engine services online.

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Either is lacks privilege or it is corrupted. I am cautiously optimistic that I've fixed the problem. There are a few things that I did that may have helped:. I modified some permissions at the file level within the SQLapplication folder. I ran the scripts to move some of the template databases that were pointing to the wrong location. I was able to add some login accounts within SQL Server.The final thing that seemed to fix it, though, was rebuilding the system databases.

I was never able to actually create any databases, so there were no backups to restore. I just started from scratch, and it worked.Thanks to @Shanky for all of the suggestions. This occurred upon a failed installation. My resolution was using a USB Drive and creating the path where the temp install was (.maint.obj.x86Releasesqlmkmastrdatabasesmkmastr.proj). (Or if you have that drive already, use it.) You may have to use Disk Manager to change drive letters. You can copy system files, tempdb.mdf etc. From the installation folder ( C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server.instanceDATA) to your new temp folders.After logging in to SQL Server Management Studio, I also changed the start-up permission to any account that would start it.

And I noticed, very scarily, the sa password was never set, even though I set it during setup – so I could not log in to the new instance, unless I used sa, with a blank password. Once in, I could assign all the proper info.Then I used the command below ( NAME is a logical name, use the correct file names): ALTER DATABASE tempdbMODIFY FILE (NAME = 'templog',FILENAME = 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL13.MYINSTANCENAMEMSSQLDATAtemplog.ldf')GoI did this on all files and SQL Server responded with a message telling me to restart for the new path to take effect.All this happened when I had to end the task because SQL Server 2016 install did complete the last step. It is frustrating that it is often stated that installing SQL on an DC is not recommended, people neglect to say why or how. They refer to resources needed by AD, but most of us with this problem don't have 500 users, WSUS, IIS, VLAN's, etc, etc.

We have a single server for a few, read 'FEW' as in 4 or 5, users. A second server is just silly in such small networks. You could argue, but that is not the point here. What we need is a solution, a single-server solution.My solution seems to work without complicated workarounds. Create an administrative user in AD.

Install SQL using 'Custom', as you need to specify the user account the Database Engine uses, and make it the user account you just created. Creating user accounts for SQL services is a recommended practice, but that recommendation is not linked to this error.That's it. The install works. You don't need to go back and fix it with powershell, single-user mode, or SQL commands. The people who know, assume you haven't checked what they regurgitate with their 'check these' links. And they know just enough to confuse those of us with the problem. Keep It Simple Stupid.

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Honestly, this shouldn't be that hard, Microsoft makes both products. There must be a simple answer. Nowhere have I found it, so here is my answer.