[SA 9.0.176 Pro] - SSMS Right Click context menu goes 'dead'

[SA 9.0.176 Pro] - SSMS Right Click context menu goes 'dead'

Testing SSMS 13.0.16000.28 (SSMS 2016).

Occasionally if I right click and go to "SQL Assistant" and then try and select something like Birds Eye View, it doesn't work. The hotkey still does (Shift-F12) though.

This usually requires a restart of SSMS to get it out of it's funk, but it eventually gets this way again over time. I've unregistered and re-registered the plugin in SQL Assistant options a couple times.

Most of the SQL Assistant menu gets this way, just not the stuff that opens a pane, even "Modify Target Options" can no longer be invoked from the context menu.

This is in the log, but I'm unsure if it's related. I did not get any exception popups in the taskbar like I have for other things.

Code:

11/15/2016 10:41:52 AM Ssms.exe Error: Exception: SubclassWndProc(5,0,64488303)
Access violation at address 1FBB9D89. Read of address 00000000
operating system : Windows 7 x64 Service Pack 1 build 7601
system language : English
system up time : 21 hours 10 minutes
program up time : 18 hours 29 minutes
processors : 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz
physical memory : 2406/8162 MB (free/total)
free disk space : (C:) 40.94 GB
display mode : 1920x1080, 32 bit
process id : $2b04
allocated memory : 455.58 MB
largest free block : 190.26 MB
executable : Ssms.exe
current module : SqlAssistPrefs.dll
module date/time : 2016-10-26 15:24
version : 9.0.176.0
callstack crc : $1fbb9d89, $2834d497, $904e3bfc
exception number : 1
exception class : EAccessViolation
exception message : Access violation at address 1FBB9D89. Read of address 00000000.

main thread ($283c):
1fbb9d89 +000 ???
1bdf50f1 +029 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 113 +4 TSubclass.WndProcPrev
1c04c295 +049 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 317 +8 TDockPan.PairWndProc
1bdf532a +012 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 173 +1 TSubProc.WndProc
1bdf4ebc +060 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 68 +6 SubclassWndProc
1bdf50f1 +029 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 113 +4 TSubclass.WndProcPrev
1c04c295 +049 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 317 +8 TDockPan.PairWndProc
1bdf532a +012 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 173 +1 TSubProc.WndProc
1bdf4ebc +060 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 68 +6 SubclassWndProc
1c04a68d +00d SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanTabs 292 +1 TTabsPan.Destroy
1c04c07e +026 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 263 +1 TDockPan.Destroy
1c04b89d +055 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 103 +6 DockPanFree
1c523357 +083 SqlAssistPrefs.dll TargetUnit 901 +8 TTargetManager.Destroy
1bd48b4a +046 SqlAssistPrefs.dll MyList 165 +10 TMyList.Delete
1c5214e6 +142 SqlAssistPrefs.dll TargetUnit 468 +17 WPFFrameEvent

thread $407c:
1c4a3024 +3c SqlAssistPrefs.dll SyntaxUnit 1696 +4 TSyntaxThread.Execute

thread $2688:
1c4efa9b +1f SqlAssistPrefs.dll ArtIntelPan 811 +1 TBaseSearchThread.Execute

cpu registers:
eax = 002fc328
ebx = 00000c63
ecx = 00000000
edx = 002fc340
esi = 14c12f4c
edi = 002fc340
eip = 1fbb9d89
esp = 002fc310
ebp = 002fc320

disassembling:
[...]
1bdf50ea push ecx
1bdf50eb push edx
1bdf50ec mov edx, [eax+$c]
1bdf50ef push edx
1bdf50f0 push edi
1bdf50f1 > call -$14c4c2 ($1bca8c34) ; Winapi.Windows.CallWindowProc
1bdf50f6 jmp loc_1bdf5104
1bdf50f8 115 push esi
1bdf50f9 push ecx
1bdf50fa push edx
1bdf50fb mov eax, [eax+$c]
[...]
11/15/2016 10:43:06 AM Ssms.exe Target: Destroy
11/15/2016 10:43:07 AM Ssms.exe Target: Create: Pref=MS Management Studio
11/15/2016 10:43:07 AM Ssms.exe Target: Create: Code=14
11/15/2016 10:44:06 AM Ssms.exe Target: Create: Pref=MS Management Studio
11/15/2016 10:44:06 AM Ssms.exe Target: Create: Code=14
11/15/2016 10:46:31 AM Ssms.exe Target: Destroy
11/15/2016 10:46:32 AM Ssms.exe Target: Destroy
11/15/2016 10:46:32 AM Ssms.exe Error: Exception: SubclassWndProc(5,0,111215471)
Access violation at address 1FBB9D89. Read of address 00000000
operating system : Windows 7 x64 Service Pack 1 build 7601
system language : English
system up time : 21 hours 15 minutes
program up time : 18 hours 34 minutes
processors : 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz
physical memory : 2392/8162 MB (free/total)
free disk space : (C:) 40.94 GB
display mode : 1920x1080, 32 bit
process id : $2b04
allocated memory : 433.40 MB
largest free block : 190.26 MB
executable : Ssms.exe
current module : SqlAssistPrefs.dll
module date/time : 2016-10-26 15:24
version : 9.0.176.0
callstack crc : $1fbb9d89, $fbb3ded0, $103bee3a
exception number : 2
exception class : EAccessViolation
exception message : Access violation at address 1FBB9D89. Read of address 00000000.

main thread ($283c):
1fbb9d89 +000 ???
1bdf50f1 +029 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 113 +4 TSubclass.WndProcPrev
1c04c295 +049 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 317 +8 TDockPan.PairWndProc
1bdf532a +012 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 173 +1 TSubProc.WndProc
1bdf50dd +015 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 111 +2 TSubclass.WndProcPrev
1c04c295 +049 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 317 +8 TDockPan.PairWndProc
1bdf532a +012 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 173 +1 TSubProc.WndProc
1bdf4ebc +060 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 68 +6 SubclassWndProc
1bdf50f1 +029 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 113 +4 TSubclass.WndProcPrev
1c04c295 +049 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 317 +8 TDockPan.PairWndProc
1bdf532a +012 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 173 +1 TSubProc.WndProc
1bdf50dd +015 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 111 +2 TSubclass.WndProcPrev
1c04c295 +049 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 317 +8 TDockPan.PairWndProc
1bdf532a +012 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 173 +1 TSubProc.WndProc
1bdf4ebc +060 SqlAssistPrefs.dll Subclass 68 +6 SubclassWndProc
1c04a68d +00d SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanTabs 292 +1 TTabsPan.Destroy
1c04c07e +026 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 263 +1 TDockPan.Destroy
1c04b89d +055 SqlAssistPrefs.dll PanDock 103 +6 DockPanFree
1c523357 +083 SqlAssistPrefs.dll TargetUnit 901 +8 TTargetManager.Destroy
1bd48b4a +046 SqlAssistPrefs.dll MyList 165 +10 TMyList.Delete
1c5214e6 +142 SqlAssistPrefs.dll TargetUnit 468 +17 WPFFrameEvent

thread $407c:
1c4a3024 +3c SqlAssistPrefs.dll SyntaxUnit 1696 +4 TSyntaxThread.Execute

cpu registers:
eax = 002fc2a0
ebx = 000001f7
ecx = 00000000
edx = 002fc2b8
esi = 28793f48
edi = 002fc2b8
eip = 1fbb9d89
esp = 002fc288
ebp = 002fc298

disassembling:
[...]
1bdf50ea push ecx
1bdf50eb push edx
1bdf50ec mov edx, [eax+$c]
1bdf50ef push edx
1bdf50f0 push edi
1bdf50f1 > call -$14c4c2 ($1bca8c34) ; Winapi.Windows.CallWindowProc
1bdf50f6 jmp loc_1bdf5104
1bdf50f8 115 push esi
1bdf50f9 push ecx
1bdf50fa push edx
1bdf50fb mov eax, [eax+$c]
[...]

I don't know if it's related, but submitted them both.
I believe you used to run SSMS 2008. It didn't happen in that version?

Can you please check if opening SQL Assistant views using the top level menu works for you?

	SysOp wrote:
	I don't know if it's related, but submitted them both. I believe you used to run SSMS 2008. It didn't happen in that version? Can you please check if opening SQL Assistant views using the top level menu works for you?

I don't recall it doing that in 2008, but as I said in another thread I had moved mostly to SQL Editor with version 9 and decided to check out SSMS 2016 recently as well. Next time this happens I'll see if the top level pull down functions still work.

Neither the pull down menu up top or the right click context menu work. I just had it happen again.

Hot keys are still valid.