Details of the scenario you try and problem that is occurring: In rare occasions when installing SQL Server 2008 R2 (or first instance) the Database Engine service are not started, so Set-method fails ...

I just downloaded and install SQL server 2019 on my windows 10. But i was not able to connect to it via SSMS. I went to the services and saw that "SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)" service is not started.

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