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.
SQL Server Management Studio 18 log files?
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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
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
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