Article: Q166261
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbSSafe500bugkbbuglist
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to check out a file, the following message appears, even though
nobody has the file checked out:
File $/<projectname>/<filename> is Exclusively Checked Out.
CAUSE
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The Status.dat file is corrupted.
RESOLUTION
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The following resolutions work: Run Analyze -f twice.
-or-
Create a backup copy of the Status.dat file, and then remove the Status.dat file
from the DATA directory and run Analyze -f.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
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Although a number of users have reported this problem, it has not been
consistently reproduced. In several cases, it occurred when a mixture of
versions 4.0 and 5.0 clients accessed the same database.
REFERENCES
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For more information about the Analyze utility, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q190881 SAMPLE: Analyze6.exe Utility for Visual SourceSafe
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kberrmsg kbSSafe500bug kbbuglist
Technology : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe500
Version : 5.0
Issue type : kbbug
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