​I cannot make SSMS to work. After installing SSMS 20.1 (or any other version) it constantly crashes. I get various errors such as:Cannot create the windowException has been thrown by the target of an invocationJIT compiler encountered an internal limitationCrashing after the splash screen without any error messageLosing profile dataCrashing after loginCrashing after various operations (SELECT TOP 1000 from the context menu etc., when starting various dialogs etc.)Examining the event viewer I suspect a .NET issue. Some examples:Faulting application name: Ssms.exe, version: 20.1.10.0, time stamp: 0x660d7b89
Faulting module name: clrjit.dll, version: 4.8.9241.0, time stamp: 0x6604a357
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00004964
Faulting process id: 0x3b28
Faulting application start time: 0x01dac5542e795318
Faulting application path: C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 20Common7IDESsms.exe
Faulting module path: **C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv4.0.30319clrjit.dll**
Report Id: 9cf7bd0e-2bdc-48f9-ac31-575919dab13a
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID: Application: Ssms.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException
at System.Windows.Media.Visual.GetDpi()
at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(System.Windows.Size)
at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(System.Windows.Size)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.SetLayoutSize()
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.set_RootVisualInternal(System.Windows.Media.Visual)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.set_RootVisual(System.Windows.Media.Visual)
at System.Windows.Window.SetRootVisual()
at System.Windows.Window.SetRootVisualAndUpdateSTC()
at System.Windows.Window.SafeCreateWindowDuringShow()
at System.Windows.Window.ShowHelper(System.Object)
at System.Windows.Window.Show()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.WpfHostPrivate+UIWPFElementContainer.ShowWindow()I also noticed that if I am unsuccessful the first time I try to run SSMS, then I’m doomed until I restart and try again.I already tried the following:I reinstalled my PC few times. Tried both with Windows 10 and Windows 11 fully updated, but still no luck when it comes to running SSMS correctly.I tried .NET Framework repair tool. No luck.I tried repairing SSMS. No luck.I tried uninstalling and installing .NET (Windows features On/Off). No luck. On a manual installation it says a current/newer version is already installed.Everything was fine until few months ago. Then SSMS started crashing. I suspect some Windows update may have caused this because now it doesn’t work even on a freshly installed and updated PC. Any solution?   Read More

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