Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Erland Sommarskog Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-sqlserver Subject: Re: Get Error when I start SQL Server Management Studio for SQL Server 2008 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:33:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Erland Sommarskog Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:33:51 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="5d404a5d864426cbf50ddbcd9433a6e4"; logging-data="10068"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+OKd3e4QOgM9dhqSxyWX7T" User-Agent: Xnews/2005.10.03 Mime-proxy/1.4.c.4 (Win32) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wj0aGjLCczZBjVKJkBXZNbb4gWQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.databases.ms-sqlserver:1651 Tony Johansson (johansson.andersson@telia.com) writes: > Do you think it's possible in any way to fix my problem without > reinstalling SQL Server 2008. Yes. First of all, in the SQL Server program group, there is the SQL Server Installation Center (in the folder Configuration Tools). There is a Repair option. And obvioously, it is worth trying to rename that file to see what happens. But don't forget to install the service pack. -- Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx