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After finishing my C# application I had to make an installer. When i want to choose SQL Express in prerequisites section this error appear :

"Error 3 To enable 'Download prerequisites from the same location as my application' in the Prerequisites dialog box, you must download file 'SqlExpress2008R2\SQLEXPR32_x86_ENU.EXE' for item 'SQL Server 2008 R2 Express' to your local machine. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=239883."

I use installer extenssion for Visual Studio 2012.

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I had the same problem, even though the files were in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\Bootstrapper\Packages\SqlExpress2008R2 directory.

This worked for me - not sure if it's the "correct" solution but it did the job:

I copied the two files SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe and SQLEXPR32_x86_ENU.exe into the \en subdirectory within the above path.

en was the only subdirectory unlike some of the other packages. I imagine it would be a different language code depending on your local culture, or there could possibly more than one?

I have Windows 7 Professional with Visual Studio 2013 (in case that info is relevant...)

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\ClickOnce Bootstrapper\Packages\SqlExpress2012\en

For vs 2019 try to copy the setup files in the above folder(en) too.

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