SQL Server 2008 Express Install Location

SQL Server 2008 Express Install Location MS insisted on installing this via the Web Platform Installer. Now I want to install it again, but I don't want to download it again. Any ideas wheere the install file is located, if anywhere?
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"According to this MS Article you need to download a separate installer from any of the links provided on the page. From this page there is a way to clean the cache folder, listed rather close to the bottom of the page, and this may be a guide to where the installation files are kept, although I can recall at one stage the installer delete successful packages once installed. I can't confirm if it uses the standard installer or a specialized one for the platform installer itself.

According to Scott Gu's blog here it is mentioned that the Web Platform installer uses special MSDeploy packages to deploy software, so chances are you won't be able to use the same installer outside of the Web Platform. The comments contain some information on this in the post."