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Asked: 2026-05-13T07:24:53+00:00

I’m used to double-clicking *.sql script files to open them in SQL Server Management

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I’m used to double-clicking *.sql script files to open them in SQL Server Management Studio. I recently upgraded to Win7, and now when I double-click a script file, SSMS opens with an empty environment. I can then use File/Open or File/Recent Files to open my script, but I would much prefer for it to just open whatever I double-clicked on like a normal application would.

Any ideas what’s going on?

BTW when I double-click a script from the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio, it does open it automatically just like you would expect.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I had the same problem. I don’t know what caused it, but I fixed it with a quick Registry hack.

    1. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\sqlwb.sql.9.0\Shell\Open\Command
    2. Edit the (Default) value
    3. It should contain something like this: "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\ssms.exe" /dde
    4. Add "%1" to the end
    5. The final value will be something like this: "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\ssms.exe" /dde "%1"
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