FIX: Visual SourceSafe Cannot Associate File That Has 2 Periods

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

You receive the error "No application associated with this file type" when trying to view a file that contains more than one period in the file name.

CAUSE

Visual SourceSafe parses the file name from left to right. This means that a file called My.file.doc is parsed so that the extension appears to be .file.doc and there is no association for this file.

RESOLUTION

Rename the file from My.file.doc to My_file.doc in the Visual SourceSafe Explorer (on the File menu, click Rename).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual SourceSafe 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Rename a file that is associated with an application so that the file name contains more than one period.



2. Add the file to Visual SourceSafe.



3. Double-click the file from the Visual SourceSafe Explorer. At this point, The error message "No application associated with this file type" appears.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500fix
Version : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug