value cannot be NULL paramter name: viewInfo (Microsoft.SQLServer.Management.SQLStudio.Explorer)

• Welsh Corgi

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  January 21, 2013 at 4:04 pm

  #273210

  I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 x64 machine that I used to update 20+ Databases.

  My Login works fine but other sysadmin users got errors when attempting to start SSMS.

  Initially there was a permission issue to the machine.config but now the get the following error.

  value cannot be NULL parameter name: viewInfo (Microsoft.SQLServer.Management.SQLStudio.Explorer)

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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• Welsh Corgi

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  January 22, 2013 at 10:21 am

  #1579738

  The problem was cause by a Local Security Policy.

  The fopllowing User Access Control (UAC) Policy setting was the problem:

  Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations

  The following article pointed me in the right direction.

  http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Longhorn/server_2008_uac_user_account_control.htm#How_to_Disable_User_Account_Control_(UAC">

  http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Longhorn/server_2008_uac_user_account_control.htm#How_to_Disable_User_Account_Control_(UAC

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