DOC: Rights.bak File Is Not Necessarily Present

 Last reviewed: February 28, 1997
Article ID: Q147906 
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The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 95, versions 4.0
  • Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, 16-bit and 32-bit, version 4.0

SUMMARY

You'll find a reference to a Rights.bak file in Chapter 8 of the Visual SourceSafe Users Guide (available in Books Online under the Help menu) in the "Backing Up and Restoring Visual SourceSafe" section. This reference states that the Rights.bak file is an exact, up-to-date copy of the Rights.dat file and can be simply renamed if the Rights.dat file is lost or corrupted.

However, a Rights.bak file does not get created in Visual SourceSafe 4.0. If the Rights.dat file is corrupted or lost, ensure that Rights.dat is not in the DATA directory, and run DDCONV from the command prompt as follows in order to create a new Rights.dat: 

   DDCONV <path to VSS\DATA directory>

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Last reviewed: February 28, 1997
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