FIX: Errors when Renaming or Deleting a Project in Visual SourceSafe

ID: Q230702

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When permanently deleting or renaming a project in the Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) Explorer, you may receive a series of errors:

File or project not found

followed by:

1E String load failure, string #%d

RESOLUTION

These operations can be performed at the command line. For example, the following operation is for the delete permanently operation:


ss destroy $/myproj

The following is for the rename operation:


ss rename $/myproj $/yourproj

Note that this produces multiple "File or project not found" errors, but it will complete.

An alternative workaround exists in the case of permanently deleting files. The error messages do not occur when deleting without destroying and then purging from the Visual SourceSafe Explorer.

A supported fix for Visual SourceSafe 6.0 that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Name	Size	Date	Time	Version#	Platform
Analyze.exe	211,968	12/08/1999	10:11 PM	6.0.87.6	x86
Ddconv.exe	310,784	10/22/1999	12:55 AM	none	x86
Ddupd.exe	443,392	12/08/1999	09:40 PM	none	x86
Ss.exe	415,744	12/08/1999	09:30 PM	none	x86
Ssapi.dll	591,360	12/08/1999	09:34 PM	6.0.87.6	x86
Ssarc.exe	528,384	12/08/1999	09:45 PM	6.0.87.6	x86
Ssrestor.exe	526,336	12/08/1999	09:47 PM	6.0.87.6	x86
Ssscc.dll	1,501,696	10/22/1999	01:38 AM	6.0.86.60	x86

All files are contained in a self-extracting EXE.

Name	Size	Date	Time	Platform
VSS8706.exe	2,178,542	12/17/1999	11:31 AM	x86

NOTE: If this product was already installed on your computer when you purchased it from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and you need this fix, please call the Pay Per Incident number listed on the earlier Web site. If you contact Microsoft to obtain this fix, a fee may be charged. This fee is refundable if it is determined that you only require the fix you requested. However, this fee is non-refundable if you request additional technical support, if your no-charge technical support period has expired, or if you are not eligible for standard no-charge technical support.

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 a hotfix for Visual SourceSafe 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem is intermittent and has not been consistently reproduced by Microsoft. This happens only on projects immediately below the root ($/) project in databases that have been updated to the new Visual SourceSafe 6.0 database format.

Additional query words: destroy string load failure

Keywords : kbCommandLine kbSSafe600bug kbSSExplorer kbDSupport kbGrpSSafe kbSSafe600qfe
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug