FIX: File or Project Not Found If Add or Rename Long Filename

Last reviewed: August 25, 1997
Article ID: Q131446

The information in this article applies to:

SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 3.04 and 3.1

SYMPTOM

The error "File or Project not Found" occurs when adding or renaming a file on Windows NT that has more than 32 characters in the filename.

CAUSE

SourceSafe can't handle filenames that have more than 32 characters. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q123475
   TITLE     : SourceSafe System Capacities & Specifications

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual SourceSafe version 4.0.

Keywords          : SourceSafe SRCSAFE SS vbwin kbbuglist
Version           : 3.04 3.1
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Last reviewed: August 25, 1997
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