Microsoft SQL Server cannot start SQL Server Agent
15:46 21 Mar 2026

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I just did a clean install of Microsoft SQL Server Express and Management studio. But i cannot start the "SQL Server Agent", I have tried all the settings inside it, but when i try to start it shows a waiting dialog for a long time and then it gives the error: "The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fahsion. Consult the event log or other applicable error logs for details"

When i look inside the windows event viewer i can see that when i try to start the service two events immediately appear, the first saying the service was started sucessfully, the other saying it was closed successfully.

What is causing this?

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