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how-to articles - Visual SourceSafe 2005

• Anti-virus software may impact Visual SourceSafe performance
  With the increased concerns over viruses spreading over the Internet and through e-mail, many anti-virus software companies have implemented a feature that scans every file every time that the file is opened. This feature can have a dramatic...
• INFO: How SourceSafe Stores Log Files
  When files are added to Visual SourceSafe, the file names are "mangled" and placed into the database. There is no documentation on how SourceSafe knows to place files in the appropriate data sub-directory. SourceSafe translates all files and...
• HOWTO: How to Create a New Database in SourceSafe
  Use the Mkss.exe in the ADMIN sub-directory to create a new SourceSafe database by following these steps: Create a target directory for the new database.Run MKSS <directory>.Run DDCONV <directory>. You do not need to use the following step with...

Troubleshooting - Visual SourceSafe 2005

• List of bugs that are fixed in the Visual SourceSafe 2005 Update
  Provides a list of the bugs that are fixed in the Visual SourceSafe 2005 Update.
• Data loss occurs when you use the VSSConverter.exe tool to migrate source code from Visual SourceSafe 2005 to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
  Describes a problem in which data loss occurs when you use the VSSConverter.exe tool to migrate source code from Visual SourceSafe 2005 to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.
• You cannot perform a project-level file check-in operation when you use a Visual SourceSafe 2005-based Automation program that uses OLE technology
  Fixes a problem in Visual SourceSafe 2005 in which you cannot perform a project-level file check-in operation when you use an Automation program that uses OLE technology.