SSMS 2012 crashes when opening new query on instance with Failover Clustering installed (not 2012 R2)

Hi,

I'm trying to start a new query in SSMS, but every time I click the "New Query" button on the tool bar or open a new query window by Object Explorer -> right-click -> Script as -> New Query Editor Window, SSMS hangs with (Not Responding) and has to be restarted.

I'm running SSMS 2012 (v11.0.3381.0) on Server 2012 6.2.9200. I'm connecting to the primary node of an AlwaysOn Availability Group, and SSMS is located on the primary node itself.

I'm aware of KB2908806, which describes the same symptoms, but this only applies to Windows 6.3.x. Is there an equivalent fix for 6.2.x, or another workaround?