Windows 10: Sql server 2016 express installation error

i have tried all the solutions on the internet of clearing the registry and removing all previous sql installs and even running it on admin privillages but it keeps showing this error.




TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure.
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SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlServer_ConfigExtension.dll' or one of its dependencies. is not a valid Win32 application. Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1

Error code 0x84B10001.

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&EvtType=0xDBD51895%25400x96D07230

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