SSMS 22.3 compatibility and fix

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  Official comment

  Hello Will BD4 & Jeff,

  Sorry to hear you are having continued issues with SQL Prompt, in this case, most of our users have cleared this error, so if you are still crashing after updating to the latest SQL Toolbelt Essential versions, we will need to troubleshoot normally and look at your Logs as well as what Redgate Products you have installed.

  I suspect that you might have an errant old Redgate Product installed somewhere that maybe was not updated in Toolbelt Essentials, but let me know what you see. If SSMS is crashing, is there a corresponding event viewer entry?

  Christian Perez March 02, 2026 20:16
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  FYI - this is still not working for me when I try and load a server up in the Object Explorer (which is pretty crucial to me and I'm sure everyone else :) )

  Spent so much time today excited to get SQL Prompt back in SMSS 22.3 but still no joy. All seems to work OK until I try and connect anything in the Object explorer. Crashes regardless of whether I am connecting as part of SMSS startup or whether I try to connect later.

  Will BD4 February 20, 2026 17:37

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  I too have the same issue after installing SQLToolbeltEssentials 3.5.3.3038.  

  Jeff March 02, 2026 13:43

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  Not sure why the official link to SQL prompt above still says my issue is not fixed yet you’re commenting like my issue is a minority? Has the object explorer error been fixed? I can use the tools OK since the last fix but I still cannot use object explorer 

  Will BD4 March 02, 2026 20:21

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  I had the same issue where sql prompt would work in a query window but expanding the databases in the object explorer would crash SSMS.  The SQLToolbetEssentials 3.5.3.3038 that is linked in the OP did fix the issue.  However, I'm only running SQL Doc and SQL Search on this computer in addition to SQL Prompt.

  Here is what I saw from the install page in case it's helpful in any way.

  

  Karl March 03, 2026 13:55

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  OK - so it's working now but not impressed at comms on this.

  I originally installed from the link on this post and it was still broken. This is confirmed to be known to be broken in the accompanying links in the post:

  

  Note for others: the underlying download on the download link changes (but the version number on the exe does not) and the latest version does indeed seem to solve the problem but if you were one of the early downloaders, there are no clues suggesting a fix has actually been made (or even an update).

  Will BD4 March 04, 2026 08:16

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  Fixed now for me as well.  Same experience in that I downloaded early, checked the file version of the latest download and it didn't change, so I didn't install at that time. But when running the installer from the recent download, it showed that SQL Prompt needed to be updated.

  Jeff March 04, 2026 12:59

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  Hi  Karl, the compatability issues with SSMS 22.3 were not isolated to only SQL Prompt but also impacted SQL Search and I believe Source Control, so when you updated SQL Doc and SQL Search, you likely cleared the compatibility issue for 22.3.

   

  Jeff + Will: Apologies, you are totally correct I should have included a new installer bundle link in my response as those have been getting updated very frequently as a result of  what I told Karl above with this defect targeting multiple Redgate Products. That being said, I am glad that both of you are up and running now.

   

   

  Christian Perez March 06, 2026 17:32

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