From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >      I was specifically referring to Denali.  It did overwrite (or at   
   > least, override) SSMS 2008.   
      
   Denali = SQL 2012. If you are referring to the CTPs... Betas are betas,   
   but I have not heard of anyone having had the problem that the new SSMS   
   occluded the other one. I am fairly confident that you did just not care   
   to find it.   
      
   >      I just spent a couple hours trying to sort out the versions.  I   
   > think I got it, but complications did ensue.   
   >   
   >      I am running Windows 7 on my test box so I went with the 64-bit   
   > versions.  The files I settled on were:   
   >           SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe   (version 10.00.1600.22)   
   >           SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe      (version 10.00.5500.00) (SP3)   
   >           SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe   
   > I was going to install them in that order.   
   >   
   >      The first one throws a compatibility error.   
      
   Yes, that's the RTM version of SQL 2008 which was released before   
   Windows 7 was released. You should be able to install it, but you   
   need to apply a service pack to have a supported installation.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
      
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