Q195021: FIX: "Version not found" After Running ssarc -d -v

Article: Q195021
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600fix kbSSExplorer
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 choose Show History on a file that was archived with the -d -v
switches, you receive the following error:

  Version not found

RESOLUTION
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Use the ss history <path to the file> command from command prompt.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Visual SourceSafe 5.x Explorer. This
bug has been corrected in Visual SourceSafe 6.0


MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a project and add a file to this project.

2. Create some versions for the file.

3. Branch this file to a new project. Note the version at which you are
  branching.

4. Delete the original file from Visual SourceSafe.

5. Create some more versions to the new (branched) file.

6. ssarc -d -v# <new file> , making sure that v# is a number greater than
  the version number at which the file was branched.

7. From Visual SourceSafe Explorer, right-click on the new file and click Show
  History.

RESULT: The error "Version not found" appears.

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q176875 INFO: The Primary Functions of Ssarc.exe and Ssrestor.exe

Additional query words: kbDSupport

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Keywords          : kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600fix kbSSExplorer 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe500
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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