How to fix SQL Server Management Studio 2014 install on Windows 7 SP1?

Question

I am learning SQL Server on my windows 7 Laptop. And I am trying to install SQL Server Management Studio, I have already installed SQL Express and Local DB, Whenever i try to install SSMS on my Laptop, it freezes on "ManagementToolsConfig_install_postmsi Cpu64" and gives me an error called "Cannot find one or more components. Please Reinstall the application". when i press OK it continues with the setup, then it freezes again on "ManagementAdvancedToolsConfig_install_postmsi Cpu64" and gives the same error. Any help would be appreciated, if anybody wanted to ask about anything, just let me know.

Answer 1

Hi，Basel Alaa

But will SSMS 16 work on my laptop?

This version of SSMS is supported on the following platforms when used together with the latest available Service Pack: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 (SP1), Windows Server 2012 (64-bit), Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit), Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit).

You may need to recheck and install the following components.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Isolated)

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/isolated-shell/

Additionally, the experience from this link may be helpful to you.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43807502/sql-server-management-studio-17-cannot-find-one-or-more-components

Regards

Mikey Qiao

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Answer 2

Your chances that someone would know a solution for that ancient OS are slim.

What I can recommend is to try SSMS 16, which I seem to recall supported Windows 7. Look at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/release-notes-ssms?view=sql-server-ver16#previous-ssms-releases.

Or consider to move on to Windows 11...