PRB: Visual SourceSafe 6.0 SP3 Netsetup Installation Problem

ID: Q234526

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When updating a Visual SourceSafe Netsetup server installation with Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3, several key files used by Visual SourceSafe are not updated.

You are affected if you have done any of the following:

  • Installed new Visual SourceSafe clients from the Visual SourceSafe Server Netsetup share.


  • Updated Visual SourceSafe clients with Service Pack 3 files from the Visual SourceSafe Server Netsetup share.



CAUSE

The service pack setup does not update the following system files in the Visual SourceSafe Netsetup directories:

  • Hh.exe
  • Mfc42.dll
  • Msvcrt.dll
  • Hhctrl.ocx
  • Itss.dll
  • Itircl.dll
In addition, the .inf file used in a Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Netsetup installation was not correctly updated in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 to reflect the files updated in Service Pack 3. This issue prevents the Netsetup installation program from detecting if a client system has already been upgraded. The result is that some updated files are not installed and some installed files are given incorrect creation dates. This leaves the client system in an indeterminate state with incorrect dates and version numbers on some files.

NOTE: This problem does not corrupt data or stop the client machine. The machine and its Visual SourceSafe install will function normally. This issue places the client machine into a non-prescribed state that may break future installs or hinder swift resolution of Product Support Services calls.


RESOLUTION

To ensure that your Visual SourceSafe server has a correctly updated and configured Netsetup for remote Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Service Pack 3 client installations, the Visual SourceSafe Administrator needs to perform the following steps on the Visual SourceSafe server:

  1. Copy the following files from the source location on the Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 CD to the destination location on the Visual SourceSafe Netsetup server. Because the Service Pack Web downloads have these files embedded in various CAB files, it is strongly recommend that you use the CD-ROM as your source for these files.

    Source File on Service Pack 3 CD-ROM Target Location within Netsetup Folder
    ..\os\system\hh.exe ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system
    ..\os\system\itircl.dll ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system
    ..\os\system\itss.dll ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system
    ..\os\system\mfc42.dll ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system
    ..\os\system\msvcrt.dll ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system
    ..\os\system\resource\1025\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1025
    ..\os\system\resource\1027\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1027
    ..\os\system\resource\1028\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1028
    ..\os\system\resource\1029\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1029
    ..\os\system\resource\1030\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1030
    ..\os\system\resource\1031\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1031
    ..\os\system\resource\1032\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1032
    ..\os\system\resource\1033\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1033
    ..\os\system\resource\1035\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1035
    ..\os\system\resource\1036\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1036
    ..\os\system\resource\1037\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1037
    ..\os\system\resource\1038\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1038
    ..\os\system\resource\1040\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1040
    ..\os\system\resource\1041\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1041
    ..\os\system\resource\1042\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1042
    ..\os\system\resource\1043\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1043
    ..\os\system\resource\1044\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1044
    ..\os\system\resource\1045\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1045
    ..\os\system\resource\1046\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1046
    ..\os\system\resource\1049\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1049
    ..\os\system\resource\1051\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1051
    ..\os\system\resource\1053\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1053
    ..\os\system\resource\1055\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1055
    ..\os\system\resource\1060\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1060
    ..\os\system\resource\1069\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\1069
    ..\os\system\resource\2052\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\2052
    ..\os\system\resource\2070\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\2070
    ..\os\system\resource\3082\hhctrl.ocx ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource\3082

    In the case of the Hhctrl.ocx files, simply copy all of the folders in ..\os\system\resource directory to the target ..\Netsetup.x86\os\system\resource directory to update the files.


  2. Download the appropriate Vss98net.inf for your language from the Microsoft Software Library (see MORE INFORMATION in this article) and copy it to the ..\Netsetup.x86\setup directory. This updates your Netsetup installation program with the correct file list containing the correct create dates and version numbers.

    When completed, your Visual SourceSafe 6.0 client installation share (Netsetup) will be configured to install a valid Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Service Pack 3 client.



MORE INFORMATION

The VSS98net.inf file for your language is in one of the following self-extracting files. The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file names below to download the files:


English: VSSEnu.exe

German: VSSDeu.exe

Spanish: VSSEsp.exe

French: VSSFra.exe

Italian: VSSIta.exe

Japanese: VSSJpn.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.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbfile kbpatch kbsetup kbSSafe600bug kbVS600sp3bug kbDSupport kbGrpSSafe
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: December 16, 1999
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