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Registered Servers window is gone

  • January 3, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    #265716

    I was using 2008 R2 SSMS and I think I did an accident click & drag on the registered servers window/tab. Sometimes I have a heavy left-click finger. Now I am unable to bring back the registered servers window. Clicking View, Registered Servers has no effect. Neither does Ctrl+Alt+G.

    I repaired my installation by going under Add/Remove Programs but no dice.

    Thanks for any ideas.

  • January 3, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    #1427986

    doesn't view->object explorer work?

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  • January 3, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    #1427997

    Yes. All the View options work (object explorer, object explorer details, utility explorer) except for registered servers.

  • January 3, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    #1428002

    Check to see if you merely unpinned it, or overlapped it.

    Is it in a grey bar on the left side of the object explorer, or in a tab at the bottom?

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  • January 3, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    #1428005

    Try out this way

    go to C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell

    and rename regsvr.xml to some other name for ex. regsvr_old.xml

    Now open Management studio , it will create new regsvr.xml and than you can use registered server window

  • January 4, 2012 at 6:09 am

    #1428243

    Thanks for the ideas guys. I had in fact unpinned the tab. But it sure seemed invisible yesterday even after closing and opening SSMS. But this morning, after a reboot, it was in its own window in the corner of the screen. I just had to drag it back to the pinned location.

    thanks

  • February 18, 2016 at 12:52 am

    #1859459

    I found an easy way in SSMS menus select Window > Reset Window Layout and click yes on the confirmation box. Now you can click and open Registered servers window from view menu.

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