FIXFRE.EXE Fixes Database Errors Reported by ANALYZE.EXE

ID: Q123466

The information in this article applies to:

SourceSafe for MS-DOS, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for Windows, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for Macintosh, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for UNIX, versions 3.0x

SUMMARY

Fixfre.exe fixes a variety of database errors reported when running ANALYZE.EXE, such as:

Invalid extended header structure.

Error in extended header.

Error processing checkout free chain.

Checkout free chain contains a loop.

Checkout chain contains a loop.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file names below to download the files:

Fixfre.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

MORE INFORMATION

Once you have Fixfre.exe, run it in an empty directory to obtain Fixfre.exe. Then use the following command to run FIXFRE.EXE:


   FIXFRE <path to data dir>

Fixfre.exe is compiled for MS-DOS.

NOTE: If more than one user has checked out a file, all but the first user will be unchecked out of the SourceSafe database. To avoid this problem. Have all users Uncheckout or Update their files before running FIXFRE.

Additional query words: 3.0x

Keywords : kbfile kbpatch kbtool SourceSafe vbwin
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Platform : MACINTOSH MS-DOS NT UNIX WINDOWS
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