I have been unable to install SSMS successfully from Sql Server 2012 Developer Edition. Although the setup program reports that all the components were successfully installed, whenever I start SSMS I get a message that says "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application."
I have followed several message threads on the forum with a similar problem, but none of the proposed solutions seems to work. I have done several complete re-installs. The .NET frameworks 3.5.1 and 4.5 are installed and up-to-date. The Database Engine seems to have installed correctly, since I can access it programmatically through a .NET SqlConnection.
The sql_ssms_loc_Cpu64_1033_1.log does contain several entries of the form:
<Func Name='SetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='SetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='203'>
and
<Func Name='Sqlmsirc_CheckFeatureDependency'>
No ref-count registry data found in SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\RefCount\sql_ssms_loc11\1033
<EndFunc Name='Sqlmsirc_CheckFeatureDependency' Return='0' GetLastError='2'>
I am installing on Windows 7 Home Edition 64-bit.
John Kane