Database Publishing Wizard Missing

I have had various results since this original post. I have a PC hat home running Vista SP1 and have the same issue, however, the laptop I received from work does not. Weird.

One way you can get around the missing tool is by adding a external tool and point to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Publishing\1.2\sqlpubwiz.exe". This at least brings the wizard up, although you will have to reconfigure the connection string.

Its not pretty but it does the job. HTH.

 

I have found the solution!

In the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Publishing\1.2 folder there is a file called VSInt.reg. Execute this file so it adds to the registry, restart Visual Studio and you should be up and running!