How to install Poor Man’s TSQL Formatter to SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19

Since the official Poor Man’s TSQL Formatter is not support the latest version SSMS v19 yet, it needs a little bit tweak to make it work:

Assuming that previous version (2014-2018) has been installed before

Download the PoorMansTSqlFormatterSSMSPackage.Setup.1.6.16.msi from https://poorsql.com/

Install the MSI file, then locate to the extensions folder of old SSMS version, for me, the location is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Extensions

Copy the file PoorMansTSqlFormatterSSMSPackage.pkgdef from above location to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 19\Extensions.

Restart SSMS v19, two menu items: Format T-SQL Code and T-SQL Fomatting Options… should be shown under Tools menu

Enjoy it!