Cannot Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio [closed]

Question

I have a big problem. While am opening Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio it appears me an error:

"Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application"

I was searching solutions in Internet but I didn't found anything helpful.

I have SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Some suggestion?

Thanks.

Enthymeme

Have you tried reinstalling? – Ammerman

If this error caused just on opening not connecting to DB it seams that SSMS realy needs to be reinstalled – Spherule

If I reinstall it the batabase and every configurations will be lost. Is there any other solution? – Enthymeme

No, cause Management Studio is just a client to connect Sql Server|Sql Server Compact|Azure Sql maybe etc. It doesn't depends on your local Sql Server. Management Studio is also using as a remote manager, so it cannot harm you Sql Server – Spherule

What worked for me: Reinstall Microsoft Visual Studio Isolated shell 2010 from link, and then apply Visual Studio 2010 SP1. – Wellbalanced

Reinstalling only the isolated shell helped me too... I recently uninstalled the old visual studio (with the shell), that's what caused SSMS to fail on start. This question was mismarked as "unlikely to help any future visitors". – Revise

Faced this problem today, and a reinstall of the isolated shell did the trick. Found a working download at the older-downloads section of visualstudio.microsoft.com. – Dramatize