Could not load file or assembly 'microsoft.sqlserver.diagnostics.strace

[Rick]

Hi,

I was helping my friend to restore SQL 2008 database via SQL management studio. But when I start SQL management studio, I received the following error:

The type initializer for 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dmf.PolicyStore' threw an exception. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf)

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Diagnostics.STrace, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91′ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Is the above message told there is corruption in installation? and is there any easy way to fix it?

Thanks,
Rick

[Kailash]

You can try solution available in our following article:

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Diagnostics.STrace'

- Kailash