SSMS 2008

Hi,

This is my first post.

I backed up my registered servers on SSMS 2008, including passwords,
re-installed my OS from scratch, and imported the server list.

When I run SSMS 2008 now, I get a .NET Framework unhandled exception error
with the following details :-

************** Exception Text **************
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicExceptio n: Key not valid for use
in specified state.

I now can't see anything in registered servers and don't have the ability to
register any more. Also, I can't connect to any servers.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but this didn't work.

Could someone tell me where the registered servers are stored (ie in the
registry) so that I can try and delete them and see if that fixes the issue..?

Thanks
Eddy

I have found the file.

For anyone else with the same problem, it is in your user profile in the
following location :-
\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell and is
called RegSrvr.xml.

I renamed it, restarted SSMS and it worked fine.

Thanks
Eddy

"Eddy" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is my first post.
>
> I backed up my registered servers on SSMS 2008, including passwords,
> re-installed my OS from scratch, and imported the server list.
>
> When I run SSMS 2008 now, I get a .NET Framework unhandled exception error
> with the following details :-
>
> ************** Exception Text **************
> System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicExceptio n: Key not valid for use
> in specified state.
>
> I now can't see anything in registered servers and don't have the ability to
> register any more. Also, I can't connect to any servers.
>
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but this didn't work.
>
> Could someone tell me where the registered servers are stored (ie in the
> registry) so that I can try and delete them and see if that fixes the issue..?
>
> Thanks
> Eddy
>
>