BUG: "File is Exclusively Checked Out" Error (166261)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q166261 SYMPTOMS
When you try to check out a file, the following message appears, even
though nobody has the file checked out:
File $/<projectname>/<filename> is Exclusively Checked Out.
CAUSE
The Status.dat file is corrupted.
RESOLUTION
The following resolutions work:
Run Analyze -f twice.
-or-
Create a backup copy of the Status.dat file, and then remove the
Status.dat file from the DATA directory and run Analyze -f.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
Although a number of users have reported this problem, it has not been
consistently reproduced. In several cases, it occurred when a mixture of
versions 4.0 and 5.0 clients accessed the same database.
REFERENCES
For more information about the Analyze utility, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
190881 SAMPLE: Analyze6.exe Utility for Visual SourceSafe
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/15/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbBug kberrmsg KB166261 |
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