Management Studio startup error: splash screen then nothing

I have got sql 2005 installed and the management studio has stopped working.
Now when I try and open it up, I see the splash screen for a split second and
then nothing.
I tried uninstalling BOL (july 2006) which some posts suggested but it still
doesn't work.
Any ideas?
After the splash screen goes away, do you see sqlWb.exe in Task Manager's
process list?
"adolf garlic" <adolfgarlic@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have got sql 2005 installed and the management studio has stopped
>working.
> Now when I try and open it up, I see the splash screen for a split second
> and
> then nothing.
> I tried uninstalling BOL (july 2006) which some posts suggested but it
> still
> doesn't work.
> Any ideas?
|||No.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> After the splash screen goes away, do you see sqlWb.exe in Task Manager's
> process list?
>
>
> "adolf garlic" <adolfgarlic@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0AAA71A7-C4C2-447F-81D1-727DC5C475B0@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||Okay, anything in the event log? Do you have error reporting enabled? Are
you running as a local administrator, or a less privileged account?

> No.
|||There is nothing in the event log (warnings or errors) that looks sql related.
I'll see if I can switch on error reporting (if it isn't already on)
I am running as local admin.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> Okay, anything in the event log? Do you have error reporting enabled? Are
> you running as a local administrator, or a less privileged account?
>
>
>
|||adolf garlic (adolfgarlic@.discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> There is nothing in the event log (warnings or errors) that looks sql
> related. I'll see if I can switch on error reporting (if it isn't
> already on) I am running as local admin.
Did you ever have the Express version of Mgmt Studio on your machine?
The Express version and the full version don't go well together.
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
|||I did have the express version of SQL Server with advanced services but
uninstalled it before embarking on the normal version.
"Erland Sommarskog" wrote:

> adolf garlic (adolfgarlic@.discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> Did you ever have the Express version of Mgmt Studio on your machine?
> The Express version and the full version don't go well together.
>
> --
> 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
>
|||adolf garlic (adolfgarlic@.discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> I did have the express version of SQL Server with advanced services but
> uninstalled it before embarking on the normal version.
And "embarking" means that you installed the normal version?
Clutching at straws, you could try uninstall the tools and then reinstall.
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
|||Yup. The whole nutbag (analysis services, reporting services, ssis, sql)
except notification services.
I'll try uninstalling the tools and reinstalling (I think I already tried
this).
Thanks for everyone's suggestions so far
"Erland Sommarskog" wrote:

> adolf garlic (adolfgarlic@.discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> And "embarking" means that you installed the normal version?
> Clutching at straws, you could try uninstall the tools and then reinstall.
>
>
> --
> 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
>
|||Add remove programs
Remove client tools
reboot
add remove programs
sql server 2005
add new component
navigate to setup.exe
add all client tool components, sample dbs etc
it works
what a pain, this doesn't make sense (working, stops working, working...)
just hope it doesn't happen again
"adolf garlic" wrote:
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> Yup. The whole nutbag (analysis services, reporting services, ssis, sql)
> except notification services.
> I'll try uninstalling the tools and reinstalling (I think I already tried
> this).
> Thanks for everyone's suggestions so far
> "Erland Sommarskog" wrote: