title: Install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) Release A on Windows 10 (x64)
body: <p>I need to install <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=22661" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MSDE 2000 Release A</a> on Windows 10.</p>
  
  <p>The installation window pops up and then immediately closes without an error message.</p>
  
  <p>This <a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/a/116258/18416">answer to this SO question</a> seemed to solve a very similar problem and indicates that it <em>is</em> in fact possible to <a href="https://youtu.be/xKoS6VyBaKU" rel="nofollow noreferrer">install and run MS SQL Server 2000 on Windows 10</a>. I know that that question is about SQL Server 2000 and not MSDE, but I hope that if it works for SQL Server 2000, it will also apply to the Desktop Engine variant.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas about what could be killing the installer and/or how I could try to figure this out?</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>I have already tried setting the compatibility mode of the installer to WinXP SP2 and running with admin priviledges</p></li>
  <li><p>I have not yet tried to first install Win 7, then MSDE, then upgrade to Win 10, and would very much prefer to directly install on Win 10</p></li>
  </ul>