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me.at.coding
me.at.coding

Reputation: 17604

SQL Server Management Studio 18 log files?

My SQL Server Management Studio 18.0 suddenly stopped working, it's not starting anymore. I couldn't find any logs in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18 and Google always tell me how to analyze logs of the SQL Server though I need the logs of the Management Studio. How can I analyze the startup problems of the SQL Server Management Studio? Where are the logs for that or how can they be enabled? Note: I already tried with reinstalling - didn't help.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 10610

Answers (2)

Lukasz Szozda
Lukasz Szozda

Reputation: 175586

The error you are experiencing is most likely SSMS2018 - Installed, but will not run

The recommended workaround, in the interim, is:

1) Close all instances of SSMS

2) Edit ssms.exe.config

3) Remove the line that has the following text (should be line 38): 

NgenBind_OptimizeNonGac  enabled=“1”

That’s the same change that will be in the next release of SSMS 18.x

Upvotes: 0

Ilyes
Ilyes

Reputation: 14928

Run SSMS with the -log parameter and see the error as

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE\Ssms.exe" -log D:\log.txt

Upvotes: 4

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