When you use OLE Automation in Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 to programmatically retrieve a specific version of a file from the history, you receive the following error message:
Error getting version
for file: $/Path/FileName err=An Item with the name
Path
already exists
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A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to install this hotfix.
Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix replaces Visual SourceSafe 2005 build 8.0.50727.42.
Hotfix file information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the
Date and Time item in Control Panel.
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|
| Analyze.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 249,688 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:02 |
| Ddconv.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 105,304 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:01 |
| Ddupd.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 105,808 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:01 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 49,152 | 24-Mar-2007 | 03:22 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 49,152 | 24-Mar-2007 | 03:22 |
| Mkss.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 42,320 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:00 |
| MSDiff.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 468,480 | 24-Mar-2007 | 06:06 |
| RemoteVssScc.DLL | 8.0.50727.823 | 335,872 | 24-Mar-2007 | 06:08 |
| Ss.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 418,128 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:02 |
| Ssadmin.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 136,024 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:02 |
| Ssapi.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 501,248 | 24-Mar-2007 | 06:05 |
| Ssarc.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 361,808 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:02 |
| Ssexp.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 141,136 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:01 |
| Ssgui.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 1,252,864 | 24-Mar-2007 | 06:06 |
| Ssrestor.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 350,040 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:02 |
| Ssscc.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 1,264,640 | 24-Mar-2007 | 07:40 |
| SSService.exe | 8.0.50727.823 | 329,560 | 24-Mar-2007 | 10:02 |
| Ssxx.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 2,560 | 24-Mar-2007 | 06:05 |
| VssWebService.dll | 8.0.50727.823 | 45,056 | 24-Mar-2007 | 06:08 |
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
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For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/)
Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
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