i'm reading on Microsoft's site that [SQL Server 2005 Express Edition has Profiler](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2019#manageability):

[![alt text](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7KBUc.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7KBUc.png)

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> Profiler  
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> Express  
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> Local and Relational Servers only.
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> 
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(*i'm not sure what a non-relational SQL Server is, but whatever*)

It says it's there, where is it?

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In SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008, i would go to the **Tools** menu:

[![alt text](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7rfku.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7rfku.jpg)

But in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, Microsoft decided to hide it:

[![alt text](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PV8Ph.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PV8Ph.jpg)