Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Tony Johansson" 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 13:09:30 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:10:02 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8fdc2b5af81c338deb7045fc6c39b0e2"; logging-data="12640"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+i9ATQGkxVm8CrLuus5JQy" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18463 In-Reply-To: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18197 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3xX02/33gBddwp1SmE4DtICqUgY= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.databases.ms-sqlserver:1653 In the SQL Server Installation Center there is an Maintenance alternative which I select. When I have done that I select the Repair alternative. Now I get a question from a dialog with name "Choose Folder" Browse for SQL Server 2008 Installation Media. When I select the CD where I have the SQL Server 2008 I get the following error "D:/is not a valid installation folder." I'm must doing someting wrong here. //Tony "Erland Sommarskog" skrev i meddelandet news:XnsA2C4614B83F82Yazorman@127.0.0.1... > 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