PTC Solution Installer fails with "Failed to connect to the database, Please check the Login Credentials" when installing Windchill PDMLink

Failed to connect to the database, please check the Login Credentials

DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - Executing Registry Key : reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - java.lang.NullPointerException 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.validation.SCUWindowsValidator.getSQLHomeFromRegistry(SCUWindowsValidator.java:209) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.calculators.DatabaseSettingsCalculator.getSQLHome(DatabaseSettingsCalculator.java:127) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.util.CalculatorFactory$DefaultCalculatorAdapter.calculate(CalculatorFactory.java:71) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.UnifiedInputPanelImpl.getFieldValue(UnifiedInputPanelImpl.java:1231) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.UnifiedInputPanelImpl.recalculatePanelDefaults(UnifiedInputPanelImpl.java:446) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.UnifiedInputPanelImpl.validatePanelForwardOnly(UnifiedInputPanelImpl.java:937) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.framework.InstallAnywherePanelAdapter.validatePanelForwardOnly(InstallAnywherePanelAdapter.java:103) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.framework.InstallPanel.okToContinue(InstallPanel.java:855) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.zerog.ia.installer.AAMgr.clickNextButton(Unknown Source) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.zerog.ia.installer.AAMgr.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1967) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2308) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:405) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:262) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:279) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6635) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3342) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6400) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2263) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:5011) 
DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventIm