MSDE 2000 and merge modules

I have a vb.net desktop application that uses msde 2000 for its databasing. I am trying to create a setup file using the output of my desktop application and the msde 2000 merge modules in order to install my own build plus an instance of msde 2000.

The setup runs properly and then asks me to restart my machine. After the restart, however, there is no such instance running on my machine. I am adding the following internal properties to my msi file using ocra:

SQLMSDESelected 1
SqlInstanceName Midas
SqlSaPwd Password1
SqlSecurityMode SQL
SqlDataDir C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$Midas\Data
SqlProgramDir C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
This should create an instance of msde on my machine but when I try to connect using enterprize manager or query analizer (I connect to <<machinename>>\Midas), then I get the standard can not connect error.

I am at my witt's end and would really appreciate any help.

Thanks.

Hi,

maybe you could help me....

I'm trying to create a setup file using the VS2003 "Setup Project" and MSDE2000SP4 Merge Modules (editing properties with ORCA).

But when I run the installation file, it shows the following message:

"The Error Code is 2920".

Do you know how to fix that ?

Thanks,

Jo?o Paulo.

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