SQL Prompt Installer Downloading SQL Toolbelt Essentials

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  Hi @Jamie,

  Thank you for reaching out on the Redgate forums regarding your SQL Prompt install question.

   

  When installing SQL Prompt via SSMS or the Redgate website installer, you'll often be offered the SQL Toolbelt Essentials bundle installer rather than a SQL Prompt-specific package. 

  This is by design as the bundle installer lets you install multiple Redgate tools in a single pass, which is useful if you have licences for several products.

   

  The key point to that is you don't need a SQL Toolbelt Essentials licence to use it. During installation, you can select only the products you're licenced for, such as SQL Prompt, and the installer will proceed accordingly. Licensing is checked when a product is run, not at a point of installation.

   

  If you'd prefer a standalone SQL Prompt installer, you can download it directly from: https://download.red-gate.com/checkforupdates/SQLPrompt

  This will give you the SQL Prompt-specific executable (e.g. SQLPrompt_11.3.14.24187.exe) without going through the bundle.

  Jon Kirkwood May 21, 2026 00:54
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  The toolbelt installer won't allow the update from 11.3.13 to 11.3.14, it prompts every day and every day it says it can't install because that version is already installed. 

  

  

  Mike May 21, 2026 13:42

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  Why have you started linking to the Toolbelt in the SQL Prompt Release Notes, seems odd:
  https://documentation.red-gate.com/sp/release-notes-and-other-versions/sql-prompt-11-3-release-notes

  Chris May 21, 2026 18:24

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  Hi Mike,

  I got the same behavior when attempting to update directly from SSMS. I've let our internal team know about this. Please use this link to download the individual installer directly: https://download.red-gate.com/checkforupdates/SQLPrompt/

  Chris Tran May 27, 2026 15:24

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  Hi Chris,

  We've linked the Toolbelt installer so that in the case a customer uses multiple tools, everything is updated at once. We've seen cases where a mix of up-to-date and out-of-date causes issues within SSMS, so this will make sure everything is up-to-date.

  Chris Tran May 27, 2026 16:19

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  Hi, this issue is still happening on 11.3.15. It offers to install upgraded for SQL Prompt with version 11.3.15. If we choose no optional add-ons, the installer says “nothing to upgrade”. So, we selected the opotional add-on to make this message go away; however - even after doing that SQL prompt is still on 11.3.13 and we continue to keep getting the first prompt again…

  This happened to us for upgrades to 11.3.14 and continues to prompt us to upgrade everyday even with 11.3.15 but doesn't really upgrade.

  Thanks

  

  

  Hemal Gala May 28, 2026 21:17

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  Having the same problem as above, being told there's an update for SQL Prompt to 11.3.15 from 11.3.13 but then being told there's no new versions to update to.

  AndyB May 29, 2026 06:08

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  Same here, still broken trying to update from 11.3.13 to 11.3.15. 

  Mike May 29, 2026 13:28

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  Hi everyone,

  Can you please try the following?

  1. Close SSMS.
  2. Navigate to the folder: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\RedGate\CFU
  3. Delete the SQLToolbeltEssentials.exe file.
  4. Reopen SSMS.
  5. Run Check for Updates again and retry the installation.

  Please let me know how this works.

  Chris Tran May 29, 2026 14:30

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  Doing the above caused SQL Toolbelt Essentials to suggest 10 updates which have gone through and all seems good so far.

  AndyB June 01, 2026 06:33

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  That worked for me as well. Now, if we could just get SQL Search to work on ARM. :)

  Mike June 03, 2026 13:45

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