I work on a variety of test and demo systems and recently stumbled across an oddity with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS); when I tried to launch it using the shortcut, the splash screen would display, stay on screen for a few seconds before disappearing with SSMS never starting, but no error message appearing or showing in the logs.
If I tried to start it by typing ssms in a command prompt I received the following error:
ssms1
Windows cannot find 'ssms'. Make sure you rtyped the name correctly, and then try again.
I did some exploring and found this article on Stackoverflow which resolved my problem.
Find the Ssms.exe.config file and erase the line <NgenBind_OptimizeNonGac enabled="1" />:
