Plan Explorer and SSMS 19 Builds

I have been a long-time Plan Explorer user since it was a SentryOne product. I had installed the latest version 2021.8.20.27124 on a server running SSMS 18.12.1 and I could click on an execution plan and I could open it in Plan Explorer.

I recently installed the latest SSMS 19 build and of course it didn't offer me that option.

My first attempt was to perform a repair of Plan Explorer and this had the same effect.

Next, I uninstalled and then reinstalled Plan Explorer. Again it shows up in SSMS 18 but not SSMS 19.

My first question is will it run in SSMS 19?

My second question is my problem created by having the two version of SSMS side-by-side? I used the default locations for SSMS 18 and SSMS 19.

Thanks

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0 ElDave 8 months ago

I am having the same problem with SSMS 19. I am using SSMS version 19.0.20209. When I recently upgraded Plan Explorer to v2023.1.3.38556 the option to open a plan in Plan Explorer has disappeared from my SSMS context menu. I now must save the plan as XML and open in Plan Explorer.
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0 FarmboyEsq 7 months ago

Me too. Almost identical setup and situation.
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0 owenmurf 7 months ago

Plan Explorer was recently upgraded to add support for SSMS v19. Upgrading to the latest build of PE should help.
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0 FarmboyEsq 7 months ago in reply to owenmurf

Thanks. I'm at 2023.1.3.38556 which the update check says is the latest version. I'll uninstall/reinstall PW and SSMS when I have a good window (which is rare.)
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0 ElDave 7 months ago in reply to FarmboyEsq

I was at .2023.1.3.38556 as well. I had to uninstall, reboot, reinstall. It was worth it, because it works now!
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