BUG: "File is Exclusively Checked Out" Error

 Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
Article ID: Q166261
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to check out a file, the following message appears, even though nobody has the file checked out: 

   File $/<projectname>/<filename> is Exclusively Checked Out.

CAUSE

The Status.dat file is corrupted.

RESOLUTION

The following resolutions work:

  • Run Analyze -f twice.

-or-
  • Create a backup copy of the Status.dat file, and then remove the Status.dat file from the DATA directory and run Analyze -f.

For more information about the Analyze utility, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q139566
   TITLE     : ANALYZE5.EXE Utility for Visual SourceSafe

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Although a number of users have reported this problem, it has not been consistently reproduced. In several cases, it occurred when a mixture of versions 4.0 and 5.0 clients accessed the same database.

Keywords : kberrmsg kbtool kbui ssui kbbuglist
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
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