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Old source code control solution from Microsoft. Superseded by Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

Microsoft Visual Source Safe was the Microsoft solution to source control, up to 2005. Its main asset is a good integration with Visual Studio. As of 2011, you should not consider this as your source control solution, except for supporting a legacy setup.

Largely superseded by Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

Some references about Sourcesafe:

MSDN Reference : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181038%28v=vs.80%29.aspx Microsoft Extended Support ends on 7/11/2017 : http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?alpha=Visual+SourceSafe

Caveat :

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running command as local service (not user)

ss.exe command -I- won't run using local service If I run the below command as a network user it works. "C:\Program Files\SourceSafe\win32\SS.EXE" GET $/JavaSource -R -W -GL "d:\Release\com\fitltd" -GF- -O- -I- Set d:\Release\com\fitltd as the…
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need a software solution to share source files

A long, long, time ago, there was visual sourcesafe. What is the current software to integrate into .NET projects? I'm looking for an equivalent solution (software) with similar or better features to lock-in files and brench a file version etc.. It…
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Unable to copy files in a set working folder by using "get" command line (visual sourcesafe)

I'm trying to "extract" the labelled folders of a project (Versioned by VSS) in a working folder, previously set. The commands which I am using in the command line are: ss Workfol "$/Project" "C:\Path of the working folder" n.b. after this command,…
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How to abandon changes in VSS for absent/gone user?

I'm trying to clean up a project in VSS2005 so it can Built one last time for a maintenance release before moving into TFS. However, I have one file that is currently checked out to a user who no longer exists, not even in the VSS database. We…
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Migration repository from VSS to SVN: 9 hours delay in the commits' date in the log file

I have successfully migrated a VSS repository into SVN, using Polarion SVN Importer. Problem - The only problem is that all the changes occurring in the VSS history are reported, but checking their dates they look to be delayed exactly by 9 hours…
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Visual SourceSafe Horror Stories...?

I have heard some pretty bad review about source safe (VSS) but no real examples. Anyone have a good example/story?
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SVN externals, how to handle same paths

I want to migrate from VSS to SVN, and the reason of my question lies behind the logic which these 2 systems use. My enterprise project has single source, but few files from UI,(jsp pages,etc.) are different. So as in VSS we have branched them, and…
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Merge a Branch in VSS: You cannot perform a merge on a binary file, or a file that stores latest version

Maybe I'm dumb, or just stupid. But I'm stuck on-site in an enterprise where VSS is the 'option'. So i had to branch my code, which was reasonbly easy. However when it came time to merge back into the main line in VSS, things got screwy. First, i…
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Vss2Git error: Illegal characters in path

I'm trying to convert an old VSS repository to Git, using the Vss2Git tool, but I am getting this error: How do I fix it?
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Migrating from TFS to VSS: Why does the wizard only pick one destination project?

I'm migrating from VSS to TFS. I ran through the Wizard and it seemed to move the data over successfully. But I'm wondering: The wizard only had me select one destination project. Now I migrating an entire VSS repo with tons of projects. I don't…
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Configuring TFS to Work Like VSS

We're looking to migrate from Visual Source Safe 2005 to Team Foundation Server 2013. I've installed TFS 2013 in Basic Mode. I let it install SQL Server Express. I want to set up a similar workflow to the one we currently have in VSS. We have a…
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Files cannot be merged because visual source safe doesn't support merging of files with different encoding

I am working on a project which is on Visual Source Safe(VSS). Me and my colleague were working on the same file. I am working in Visual Studio 2010 with VSS 2005, while my colleague was working in VIsual studio 2013 with VSS 2006. My colleague…
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Get the latest version of all files in a folder at certain date VSS Sourcesafe

What I'm trying to do is get the picture of how all the files were in their latest version at a certain date. I already tried - right click on the folder> show history and input two dates/versions but what I get is all the files that have been…
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Visual Studio Project Files and Source Control Bindings

I am copying projects in one solution that is bound to VSS from one solution to another that is not bound (or shouldn't be). When I copy the original project and add it to the new solution, it's showing as checked in and VS is remapping the working…
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VSS History - Exclude Labels

Within the GUI of VSS it is possible to view the history of an item 'including' or 'excluding' the labels. I'm trying to do the same thing but from the command line but I just can't see which switch I need to use in order to 'exclude' labels (by…
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