Restore database from device doesn't work in SQL Management Studio
Restore database from device doesn't work in SQL Management Studio

Daniel Plomp
- August 23, 2019
Recently I was running into some strange behavior of Microsoft SQL Management Studio 2018. I was going to restore a simple SQL database from a backup file, using the Restore Database Wizard. Something I've done dozens of times without any problems.
This time the wizard stopped responding and never continued to work again.
So the thing I tried to achieve was:
- Start SSMS
- Select Tasks -> Restore Database
- Select From Device
- Click the Browse button
At this point SSMS stopped responding and I couldn't continue.
Solution / Workaround
It seems that this behaviour only occurs when you do this from a specific database node. If you access the wizard from the Databases node, it works without a problem!


Daniel Plomp
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