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Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 is a file-level version control system that delivers restore point and team coordination capabilities

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 is the last version of Microsoft's source control software package oriented towards small software development projects. Visual SourceSafe 2005 is a file-level version control system that delivers restore point and team coordination capabilities.

Visual SourceSafe 2005 supports cross-platform development by allowing collaborative editing and sharing of data. It is designed to handle the tracking and portability issues involved in maintaining one source control base across multiple operating systems.

Here is a list of key functions provided by Visual SourceSafe 2005:

  • Helps protect developers team from accidental file loss.
  • Allows back-tracking to earlier versions of a file.
  • Supports branching, sharing, merging, and management of file releases.
  • Tracks versions of entire projects.
  • Tracks modular code (one file that is reused, or shared, by multiple projects).
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VSS to TFS Migration Administrator Password Error

I am currently using VSSConverter.exe to migrate a Visual SourceSafe 2005 database to TFS 2010. However, whenever I try to begin the analyze process I get an error as follows: Initializing... VSS administrator password:************ TF60012: The…
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VS 2010 has all of a sudden stopped auto-checking out files

For some reason Visual Studio has stopped auto-checking out my edits I do to my project. I use VS2005 for the source control and have never had any issues with it like this ever. I haven't made any modifications to the server or my workstation. …
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SourceSafe: Can it recover deleted files?

Question: Today I worked with MS Visual Sourcesafe, that is to say Microsoft's Sourcecode destruction system, which has never ever saved anything, but already destroyed much. Today I had one more of those nasty destructive episodes: I was working on…
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Change Check Out Folder for checked out files in SourceSafe

I had to rebuild my machine and went from XP to Windows 7. I've now got a bit of an issue: I had files checked out in SourceSafe previously, which I still have copies of in the local folder on my new install. However, SourceSafe still has them…
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VS2005 and VSS. Should .exes, .dlls, pdbs, .resource and generated .xml files go in VSS?

It seems like the following type of files need to be writable to be able to compile a solution. .exe .dll .pdb (if debugging) .resource (?) .xml (at least the system generated ones. I'm not sure if they are just all XML documentationf iles) If…
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Can I change how VSS Upgrade Wizard handles HTTP chunking to prevent timeout errors while migrating to TFS 2013?

I am attempting to migrate the full history of a large project from Visual SourceSafe 2005 to TFS 2013. I installed the wizard with Visual Studio 2013 and am migrating from my local machine to a TFS Server at a remote office. The wizard goes through…
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How do you remove "shared" status from a file in Visual Source Safe?

Currently, I am working on a file that is shared between multiple projects in Visual Source Safe and we have come to a point where we need to update it to be specific to a certain project. Is there a way to safely remove the shared status from the…
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Using a Visual Sourcesafe 2005 database with VB6 still launches VSS 6.0d

I know all versions of VSS have many horror stories and I feel I will escape to a better source control mechanism someday but in the short term I am just trying to do a little cleanup and would like your advice on this issue: Objective - consolidate…
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Permanently remove solution from SourceSafe?

I have a Visual Studio 2010 solution that is checked in to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. I need to remove the solution from my SourceSafe database and add it to another SourceSafe database. To that end, I have downloaded the project onto my…
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How to force logout of all users on VSS?

VSS is resuming it's sabotage of my repository again. The repair command won't let me repair, the lock VSS doesn't seem to affect currently logged in users-- and it isn't a user, its claiming the only person logged in is admin (via the VSS admin…
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Visual studio 2008 crashing with VSS 2005

I've installed VSS 2005 and added a VS 2008 project. If I try to open the project by choosing File --> Open Project, then selecting Source Safe on the left and navigating to the either the .sln or the .vbproj, Visual Studio instantly quits with no…
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How to share SQLite database?

I'm working on one project which is in vs2010 . And for that project my team is using SQLite database server. And we have added our project in source safe . I want to share SQLite database too. Is this possible? if yes then how to do this? thanks.
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Is this warning about from VSS?

I'm trying to remove the vestiges of Visual SourceSafe (VSS) from an old code base I have on my PC. (The back-end server where the VSS database was kept is long since gone.) I had thought all I had to do was delete all of the files with extensions…
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Trying to recover an old Sourcesafe ssa archive

So I've got an old sourcesafe archive file (extension ssa) that I created from an old sourcesafe archive way back in 2004. I'd like to get a few files out of there. I'm totally not interested in actually using sourcesafe, or for that matter…
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In Visual Source Safe is there a limit to how many labels you can apply?

We have a collection of 25 or so projects in a source safe database and we want to apply daily labels to each of them. Is there a limit to the number of labels that can be applied?
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