>Yeah, like Tracy said ... you still get the dialog even with Windows Authentication. I haven't found an answer yet (but I've been kinda busy with some other stuff and haven't really gone searching too much yet).
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>~~Bonnie
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I've gotten into the habit of using the "New...Query with current connection" and cutting and pasting my query from the other file. At least I don't get the prompt that way.

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>>>Hi gang,
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>>>This has probably been asked and answered before, but I did a quick search here and didn't find anything.
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>>>The big thing that I really hate about the new SQL 2005 Management Studio is this: I have a lot of .sql files saved to my hard drive ... such as scripts for StoredProcs, for generating test data, etc. In the old SQL 2000 Query Analyzer, I could open a New Query window, then choose the file to open from the File | Open menu, and it would open the file directly into the New Query window.
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>>>But now, in Management Studio, every time I try to open a file, a connection dialog comes up. This is most annoying. Is there a setting somewhere that I need to tweak?
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>>>TIA,
>>>~~Bonnie
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>>I think you may be stuck with it unless you're using Windows Authentication. Hope you find out otherwise, I have a thorough dislike for it, too.