In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “18598 – %.*ls could not find the default instance (%.*ls) – error %d. Please specify the name of an existing instance on the invocation of sqlservr.exe.\n\nIf you believe that your installation is corrupt or has been tampered with, uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem.” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.
SQL Server Error Message
18598 – %.*ls could not find the default instance (%.*ls) – error %d. Please specify the name of an existing instance on the invocation of sqlservr.exe.\n\nIf you believe that your installation is corrupt or has been tampered with, uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem.
Reason for the Error
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Solution
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