title LOCALDB_ERROR_CANNOT_CREATE_SQL_PROCESS | Microsoft Docs ms.custom ms.date 03/04/2017 ms.prod sql-server-2016 ms.reviewer ms.suite ms.technology docset-sql-devref ms.tgt_pltfrm ms.topic reference ms.assetid 66d92652-b46f-46d8-8093-fa9c6fc4e0d1 caps.latest.revision 8 author JennieHubbard ms.author jhubbard manager jhubbard LOCALDB_ERROR_CANNOT_CREATE_SQL_PROCESS Details Product Name SQL Server Event ID 268 Event Source SQL Server Local Database Runtime 12.0 Component Local Database Runtime API Message Text Error occurred during Local Database instance startup: unable to create the SQL Server process. Explanation A process for SQL Server cannot be created. User Action See the event log for details.