My Hard Drive has failed with some Files in Visual Studio 2005 not checked-in, the changes are minor, however I am unable to edit these files on another machine as source safe says it is checked out by another user. Is there any work around to 'unlock' these files so I can continue with my projects? Many Thanks
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A:
If you have VSS Admin rights, you can undo checkout via the Visual SourceSafe Client.
Paul Lydon
2009-07-09 11:29:02
+1 Altough I believe that logging on to sourcesafe with the user who has the files checked out would be enough to "Undo Checkout".
Lieven
2009-07-09 11:33:08
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A:
Is the other user you? I'm assuming the failed disk still has the files available...
on a separate bit of disk - i.e. don't overwrite the "good" files yet:
In VSS explorer, locate the files and undo checkout. It'll ask you to confirm; agree. Now check the files back out. Copy the good files over these, and check in.
Marc Gravell
2009-07-09 11:38:46