Management Studio: How do I get rid of this Connect to Server dialog on Startup?

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3 May 2006 4:36 AM

Joseph Geretz

What do I need this dialog for anyway? I'm using my Windows credentials to
connect so it should happen automatically. In fact, if I cancel the dialog,
and then click on any of my connections defined under Registered Servers, I
connect right up without having to supply any further credentials. So how do
I get rid of this extraneous and annoying dialog?

Thanks!

- Joseph Geretz -

3 May 2006 4:43 AM

Joseph Geretz

OK, I got it:

Tools | Options | General | At Startup: Open Empty Environment

- Joe Geretz -

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"Joseph Geretz" <jgeretz@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> What do I need this dialog for anyway? I'm using my Windows credentials to
> connect so it should happen automatically. In fact, if I cancel the
> dialog, and then click on any of my connections defined under Registered
> Servers, I connect right up without having to supply any further
> credentials. So how do I get rid of this extraneous and annoying dialog?
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Joseph Geretz -
>

4 May 2006 6:21 AM

Marc Scheuner

>> OK, I got it:
>>> Tools | Options | General | At Startup: Open Empty Environment

Or, of course, you can launch it from the command line or from a shortcut in
your start menu with command line options:

<path to your SQL Server 2005
installation>\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\SqlWb.exe [options]
-S (local)        local server
-E                 use integrated Windows authentication
-d <database>    use that database initially
-nosplash            suppress the initial splash screen

Marc