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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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Can i use VSS 2005 internet client plugin from Visual Studio 2008 to access SVN?

I use visual studio 2008 for my development purpose. I also have Visual Source Safe 2005 client installed both at my office computer and my laptop. I like the private source control repository provided by xp-dev.com. But it supports SVN. Is there…
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Visual studio 2008 problem

i am using visual studio team system 2008 and VSS 2005. I took a latest copy of a project from VSS. Now when i try to open that project, it is showing error "This version of visual studio does not support source control" and " Unexpected…
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Visual SourceSafe. One project and two different (mixed) versions of Visual Studio

I have a really small team working with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual SourceSafe 2005 (Yeah, I know...) A new developer just came in and he has Visual Studio 2012 on his machine. He is not willing to install VS 2008 - who would? So, what are our…
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GET when "working folder contains a writable copy" has the Do you want to "Leave this file" radio button disabled. How do I enable it?

VSS 2005. I'm doing a GET of my project on a recently new PC with a SS database on a local server. Whenever I do a GET where I've made some local modifications (i.e. the files are NOT readonly), I am getting the proper VSS dialog "Your working…
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Lightswitch application gets stuck while getting latest changes from TFS source control

I have a Lightswitch application which was migrated to visual studio 2012 and TFS from Visual sourcesafe 2005. When VS starts it is set to get latest version from TFS. I get the current error message: "The item…
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Are there any programs to aid in the mass-editing of Visual SourceSafe checkin comments?

I know that in Visual SourceSafe you can go in and drill down to the history of an individual file and then drill down to an individual check-in and apply a comment to the check-in that way but that's tedious and time consuming - if you have a lot…
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What would be the best practice for Visual Source Safe check-in and Visual Studio build mode?

I am using Visual Source Safe 2005 for 8 different projects. One of them is the main project that uses other 6 project as references (DLLs from other project). And I have one setup project. The setup project gets all required files (DLLs) directly…
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Using Visual Source Safe 2005 in Stand alone Aptana

How can we use Visual Source Safe plug-in in standalone Aptana installment. People say one can only use that plug-in in eclipse IDE.
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Does GIT have an equivalent of Visual Sourcesafe's (project label)?

VSS has a feature that allows one to create a (label) for an entire project or an entire solution. The VSS (label) is typically the assembly or file version - example (1.0.0.1) By creating a (label) in VSS I am able to view the label history and…
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Visual Studio 2015 Express and Visual SourceSafe 2005

I tried following this instruction. but I still cannot get sourceSafe to appear in the available plug in selection. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/Bb166193.aspx I have two computer. Computer A and Computer B. Computer A has Visual Studio…
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