Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Can't find SQL Server Configuration Manager in the Windows Start Menu

You may have noticed, like I did, that searching for "SQL Server Configuration Manager" in the Windows Start Menu returns no local results. There is no familiar SQL Server Configuration Manager in the Start Menu any more. Searching for "Configuration" returns other local configuration programs, such as MDS Configuration Manager and SSRS Configuration Manager, but not SQL Server Configuration Manager.

SQL Server Configuration Manager is still right where it belongs, in C:\Windows\SysWOW64

A workaround solution is basic. When you find it in Explorer, right-click and "pin to start". Then you will be able to search for it as "sqlserverManager1x". Now it will appear in the Desktop category of the Start Menu.

Microsoft Docs now includes this text to remedy this problem and an explainer on how to find SQL Server Configuration Manager for each version of SQL Server.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

perfecto, gracias

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this post. It was a very helpful.

The reason I was looking for this was because I started having an issue connecting to the local SQL Express instance since the time I did the in-place upgrade to Windows 8.1 Enterprise. I am however able to connect to SQL Server 2008, 2012 instances on other servers. Any ideas how to resolve this?

Anonymous said...

Thank You So Much For Your Help!!!. After spending 3 Hrs of my time Finally I found this post and I got what I was looking for.

Unknown said...

Thank you so much for the much needed info....

Anonymous said...

thank's a lot

Anonymous said...

What the ***** was Microsoft thinking.

Anonymous said...

I use the Registered Servers pane in SSMS and came across SQL Server Configuration Manager in the right-click menu of a registered instance. Why only there and not in Object Explorer as well?

Anonymous said...

Just to clarify my comment re Registered Servers pane was for SQL2014 on Windows 10. I don't know about other combinations.