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How-to articles - Recovery

How-to articles - Recovery

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...
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...
INFO: How SourceSafe Selects a Viewer for a File
To check settings to select a viewer for a file, SourceSafe follows these steps in order: Uses SRCSAFE.ini or SS.ini settings for selected extension. For example: .DOC = C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE %1 Uses Editor setting in SRCSAFE.INI or SS.INI to set...

Troubleshooting - Recovery

Troubleshooting - Recovery

FIX: Error message when you try to add files to a Visual SourceSafe 2005 database or when you try to retrieve files from a Visual SourceSafe 2005 database by using Web access through HTTP: "Operation timed out"
Describes a problem in which you may encounter a time-out issue when you try to add files to or retrieve files from a Visual SourceSafe 2005 database by using Web access through HTTP. Provides a hotfix that resolves the problem.
FIX: Error message when you use the Get Latest Version option in Visual SourceSafe 2005 to try to obtain the latest version of an XML file: "SourceSafe was unable to finish writing a file"
Fixes a problem that also occurs when you run an analysis report on the Visual SourceSafe database.
BUG: Error message when you use Visual SourceSafe Automation to access the VSSVersion.VSSItem property for a branched file in Visual SourceSafe 2005: "File or project not found"
Describes a problem that occurs when you use Automation code to access the VSSVersion.VSSItem property of an object.

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