Solidworks Installation Manager localhost TEW SQLEXPRESS is already in use

CP 2022-08-26

3DEXPERIENCE Edu | Students

Hello,

When trying to install SolidWorks, I receive this error message:

"localhost\\TEW_SQLEXPRESS is already in use.

Possible solutions to this problem:

- Specify a different instance name

- Select the 'Use an existing SQL Server database' "

Any help solving this one would be great!

Thanks