Showing posts with label startup parameters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label startup parameters. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Start the SQL Server instance in single user mode.




Click on SQL Configuration Manager
Click on SQL Services
Click on desired SQL Server instance and right click go to properties. On the Advance table enter param ‘-m;‘ before existing params in Startup Parameters box. ( make sure that the semicolon exists after the m.


-m;dC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf


Once the desired work is done, make sure to remove the newly added parameter.