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Author
17 Mar 2009 10:58 PM
Jack Jackson
In SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, the Connect to Server dialog has
a combobox for "Server name" that remembers any servers I have ever
connected to.

Some of those servers no longer exist.  Is there a way to remove
entries?
Author
18 Mar 2009 12:34 AM
Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]
You can close SSMS, rename mru.dat (you'll need to search for this file, and
it may be hidden, I forget).

Caution! This will delete all your servers (you can't pick and choose).

Also note, this no longer works in SQL Server 2008 SSMS AFAICT.






On 3/17/09 6:58 PM, in article iea0s4t6cfl49v1isl78q3r7vgkqgii***@4ax.com,
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"Jack Jackson" <jjackson-***@cinnovations.net> wrote:

> In SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, the Connect to Server dialog has
> a combobox for "Server name" that remembers any servers I have ever
> connected to.
>
> Some of those servers no longer exist.  Is there a way to remove
> entries?
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Author
18 Mar 2009 11:59 AM
Tibor Karaszi
> Also note, this no longer works in SQL Server 2008 SSMS AFAICT.

The filename for SSMS 2008 is SqlStudio.bin. Equally unsupported (it
has worked for me, though).

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"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <ten.xoc@dnartreb.noraa> wrote in
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> You can close SSMS, rename mru.dat (you'll need to search for this
> file, and
> it may be hidden, I forget).
>
> Caution! This will delete all your servers (you can't pick and
> choose).
>
> Also note, this no longer works in SQL Server 2008 SSMS AFAICT.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 3/17/09 6:58 PM, in article
> iea0s4t6cfl49v1isl78q3r7vgkqgii***@4ax.com,
> "Jack Jackson" <jjackson-***@cinnovations.net> wrote:
>
>> In SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, the Connect to Server dialog
>> has
>> a combobox for "Server name" that remembers any servers I have ever
>> connected to.
>>
>> Some of those servers no longer exist.  Is there a way to remove
>> entries?
>
Author
18 Mar 2009 6:12 PM
Jack Jackson
Thanks to both of you, that worked fine.

Fortunately I only had a couple servers that I wanted to keep.

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:34:08 -0400, "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]"
<ten.xoc@dnartreb.noraa> wrote:

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>You can close SSMS, rename mru.dat (you'll need to search for this file, and
>it may be hidden, I forget).
>
>Caution! This will delete all your servers (you can't pick and choose).
>
>Also note, this no longer works in SQL Server 2008 SSMS AFAICT.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>On 3/17/09 6:58 PM, in article iea0s4t6cfl49v1isl78q3r7vgkqgii***@4ax.com,
>"Jack Jackson" <jjackson-***@cinnovations.net> wrote:
>
>> In SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, the Connect to Server dialog has
>> a combobox for "Server name" that remembers any servers I have ever
>> connected to.
>>
>> Some of those servers no longer exist.  Is there a way to remove
>> entries?
Author
18 Mar 2009 6:22 PM
Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]
If you'd like to help contribute to fixing this behavior in a future
release, please vote on it (I filed a Connect item earlier today):

http://is.gd/nS6E




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> Thanks to both of you, that worked fine.
>
> Fortunately I only had a couple servers that I wanted to keep.
Author
18 Mar 2009 9:53 PM
Jack Jackson
Done

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:22:55 -0400, "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]"
<ten.xoc@dnartreb.noraa> wrote:

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>If you'd like to help contribute to fixing this behavior in a future
>release, please vote on it (I filed a Connect item earlier today):
>
>http://is.gd/nS6E
>
>
>
>
>> Thanks to both of you, that worked fine.
>>
>> Fortunately I only had a couple servers that I wanted to keep.
>

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