Stupid Question: Return Object Explorer to It's original position

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Stupid Question: Return Object Explorer to It's original position

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November 26, 2010 at 3:57 pm

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Stupid question but I accidentally moved object explorer from it's original default position on SSMS. By default, object explorer is to the left, and query window is to the right. Now object explorer seems to have been "undocked" and query window occupies the screen from left to right, such that if I open a new query it opens "behind" object explorer. How do I restore the original "default" view in SSMS?
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mister.magoo SSC-Forever Points: 47174 More actions · Answer 1

Not a stupid question at all!

Just grab the Object Explorer windows and drag it until a blue cross appears. Continue dragging the window and point your mouse at the different points of the cross. This will display a greenish highlight within SSMS to show where the window will dock. When you have the one you want, let go of the mouse button.

The blue cross looks like the one in the image below...although that is not the object explorer window being docked (it's just a picture I found by Googling)

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aykefam Old Hand Points: 367 More actions · Answer 2

Just open SQL server management studio. On the menu bar, select Window, then Reset Window Layout. This will place object explorer to its original position. But bear in mind that, this will reset all your settings to the default if you have any!!!

LCampbell731 SSC Enthusiast Points: 131 More actions · Answer 3

Holy COW! This happened to me by accident and I had no clue I had "done" anything. Thanks for answering. I'm back in familiar territory.

kapil_kk SSC-Insane Points: 21316 More actions · Answer 4

You can't say this as a stupid qurstion, may be there are many other users who faced this type of problem and didn't find a solution for this.....

Main thing is to have gutts to post it wether it may be a stupid question for others or not...... Keep posting question 😉

For solution you can just dragged the window on the lift side of the window until a blue border appears on the screen.... It will works 😉

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aravindkumar.h23 SSC Enthusiast Points: 192 More actions · Answer 5

@@ aykefam :

Thanks for your reply. That was so easy and it fixed my two days frustration ,handling this undocked object explorer 😀

sqldkc SSC Enthusiast Points: 147 More actions · Answer 6

Hi All,

1) Right Click on object explorer

2) Now you can see an option called "Dock"

3) Select "Dock"

By this object explorer comes to normal position as earlier. Thank You.:hehe:

Regards,

Kalyan

glennc 78606 SSC Journeyman Points: 95 More actions · Answer 7

If you're like me, you're looking for the object explorer tree on the left.

When you double click a query, this doesn't open by default.

Click

File-->Connect Object Explorer

You'll have to authenticate. The next time you open it, the object explorer may be open but it won't show the details. You'll have to click "connect" and authenticate.

amansoach SSC Enthusiast Points: 121 More actions · Answer 8

amansoach

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July 23, 2014 at 1:27 am

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It helped me!

soudasv SSC Enthusiast Points: 106 More actions · Answer 9

Thank you VM for saving my sanity. I was about to give after juggling for 2 days.

Bhushan Kulkarni SSCrazy Points: 2829 More actions · Answer 10

Bhushan Kulkarni

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February 16, 2015 at 3:50 am

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Ha ha, it happened with me also many times..:cool:

WarrenDar2 Old Hand Points: 316 More actions · Answer 11

WarrenDar2

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September 16, 2015 at 10:56 am

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that works. Thanks.

toybum2001 SSC Journeyman Points: 95 More actions · Answer 12

There is truth in what you said. I had the same problem just now and couldn't figure it out. I had to turn to Google for solution. The solution posted here did work for me. Thanks to the problem solvers.:-)

Richard Parfitt SSC Journeyman Points: 83 More actions · Answer 13

Hey, thanks a lot for this - definitely not a stupid question as it just saved me when my undocked windows had their title bars off the top of the screen after I changed from home working to the office and all the screen sizes are different - the Window -> Reset Window Layout is perfect so I can start again.

peacemaker SSC Enthusiast Points: 187 More actions · Answer 14

This is not a stupid question. I faced it and until we know how this works it is annoying.