Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is broken - sql-server

It has multiple copies of each button:
Link to screenshot
How do I get rid of this problem. Restart won't work.
Also I'm getting warning when I launch SSMS
Warning

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Unable to Edit top 200 rows in SQL Server Management Studio

I am getting the following error - shown in the screenshot - when I click on "Edit Top 200 Rows" for my database table in SSMS. It's about just in time debugging but what should I do about that?
I have enabled Just In Time Debugging for Native, Script, Managed code in Visual Studio Settings.
Probably a bad running of SSMS or a bad install.
close and run a new instance of SSMS
if this does not solve :
shutdown windows
if this does not solve :
reinstall SSMS

How to solve this visual studio query error?

I am using SQL server in Visual Studio 2015. I can't seem to execute a query on my database. I have also tried to restart my visual studio and refresh my database. These are the errors that appear.
Microsoft Visual studio error that appears on a dialog box:
An exception has been encountered. This may be caused by an
extension. You can get more information by examining the file
\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ActivityLog.xml
Error that appears when I try to execute a query:
An error occurred while executing batch. Error message is: Horizontal
scroll unit should be greater than zero.
I get this issue quite often.
Updating SSMS or Restarting the system does solves the issue for me.

Unable to install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Developer

I have a problem with installing SQL Server 2012 (no matter which edition I choose).
Installation usually runs well, but near the end shows up an error:
The help link points to not-existing article on MSDN page.
After I click OK button, the installation reaches it's end and shows up another window:
After that I am able to start, for example SQL Management Studio, but cannot connect to database. Also services of SQL Server are stopped and I am not able to start them manually (any try throws an undefined error):
I tried complete reinstalling of SQL Server, cleaning registry entries, different editions of that software - none method helped. Also, I tried the .iso images of installation media on other computers - it worked well and installed without any errors.
My OS is Windows 8.1 x64.

How to fix Visual Studio's error "This server version is not supported..." for SQL Server 2012

I recently installed Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2012 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine - (including all updates/Service Packs).
When attempting to work on a SQL Server database from within Visual Studio, VS throws the following error:
This server version is not supported. Only servers up to Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 are supported
I recall getting this same error a while back (on a different computer) when I updated a SQL Server 2008 instance to SQL Server 2008 R2. The fix, back then, was to install (or reinstall) Visual Studio 2010 SP1.
Now that I'm receiving this error again (on a new computer), I thought it reasonable to reinstall VS SP1 just like I did a while back. However, doing so did not fix the problem.
It appears as though Visual Studio may need another update to support SQL Server 2012 instances.
For clarity, here are the steps that I did to produce the error: (using VS 2010sp1 and SQL2012)
Using VS, create a Windows Forms application
Right-click the project and choose, Add > New Item
Select "Service-based Database"
Cancel out of the "Data Source Configuration Wizard"
A Database will appear under your Project in Solution Explorer. Double-click the new database
The Database will be added to Server Explorer's list of Data Connections
In Server Explorer, open the database, right-click the Tables directory, then select "Add New Table"
The error "This server version is not supported...." is thrown
Screenshots for whatever its worth..
My question is, is there a fix for this? If so, what is it?
Maybe get SQL Server Data Tools, which work with SQL Server 2012? I believe there are some good tutorials and other materials in the Developer Training Kit. I don't think there are any tricks yet to make an older version of Visual Studio / Data Dude compatible with SQL Server 2012.
Following MSDN blog link discusses about the issue that you are facing with local SQL Server database instance in Visual Studio 2010.
Using LocalDB in Visual Studio 2010
My problem was that I couldn't get VS2012 to work right with SQL Server 2012. I installed the latter product first, but after installing VS2012 and attempting to open an existing project, my existing data file just would not work. I know the software is supposed to automatically take you through a wizard to update your database in the project, but that didn't happen, and I couldn't find a way to make it happen. I'm on the point now of getting rid of SQL Server 2012 and going back to 2008. I'd rather use the most current releases, but I can't spend any more time on configuration issues.
I tried reinstalling the SSDT as well, but kept getting the same error you mentioned Jed, this seemed to let me get around the error message:
http://forums.asp.net/t/1721552.aspx/1?Working+with+Denali+SQLEXPRESS+in+VS+11+Database+issue
This error could also occur if you use the wrong provider. A recently came across the "This server version is not supported...." error and after changing the provider from sqlClient Data Provider to SQL Server Native Client 11.0 in the connection string for the Data Source configuration the problem was solved.
For me, the error arises whenever I try creating a new database. So after unsuccessfully attempting all methods advised, I bypassed the error by clicking on "Add connection" and putting my server name in the dialog box. After adding the non-existent database name, it notifies that it can't find such database and asks whether to create it. Voila! Database created (even though server version is supposedly unsupported).

SQL Server 2005 Management finds no database, 2008 won't install

In the past, I installed Visual Studio 2010. With that comes SQL Server.
Now I installed this:Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express
Now, upon starting, I get this screen:
And it doesn't matter what Server name I enter, nothing works.
I've tried installing SQL Server 2008 Enterprise(I can get that via MSDNAA), but that fails totally, giving me this error:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup
The following error has occurred:
Unable to open Windows Installer file
'G:\x86\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_loc_msi\1033\sql_engine_core_inst_loc.msi'.
Windows Installer error message: The
system cannot open the device or file
specified. .
Click 'Retry' to retry the failed
action, or click 'Cancel' to cancel
this action and continue setup.
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=10.0.2531.0&EvtType=0xC24842DB
------------------------------ BUTTONS:
&Retry Cancel
There is no help, I can click retry as much as I want, nothing changes. I went to the file itself, and Windows says I should check if it is a valid installer file.
And that's my story. I need to get this up and running, and it's all going against me. Can anyone help?
Oops, I have the same problem [1]!
Though I did not investigate the issue
(since I do not need now VS2010 or SQL Server Express)
You can find helpful the answer to my [2] which was reported helpful to resolve the problem by others.
I am afraid it should be reported as bug to MS Connect, though I do not have time and desire to invest time in investigation. Anyway, when MS teams cannot resolve something they close bugs "by design" or "not reproduced"
Since there is no channel to report bugs on SQL Server 2005 xxx (or VS2008), for which the reports are closed, it should be reported in VS2010 board.
Give link if you report, I shall upvote the bug and mark it as reproduced by one more.
My related questions (having some solutions):
in asp.net "Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer Express " forum, frequently answered by MS teams
[1]
S2010RC setup installs unusable MSSQL2008 Express?
(the same problem as yours, unanswered)
http://forums.asp.net/t/1571173.aspx
[2]
MSSQL2008R2 (BIDS, i.e. VS2008) after VS2010?
(answered and solution is reported to be helpful to others)
http://forums.asp.net/t/1568816.aspx
[3]
to submit bug reports on BIDS 2008 R2 as VS2010 bugs?
http://forums.asp.net/t/1568807.aspx

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