FIX: You receive a warning message when you change project permissions to writable in Visual Studio .NET 2002 (309036)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0c, when used with:
    • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q309036

SYMPTOMS

When you navigate to the local directory of a Visual Studio .NET project under source control, and then change all the permissions from the default setting of read only to writable, you receive the following warning message when you open your files from source control in the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment (IDE):

"Your working folder contains a writable version of file."

You receive this warning for every file in the project. When you click to select the Apply to all items check box, this does not have any effect.

RESOLUTION

At this time, there is no workaround for this issue. You need to either change all file attributes back to read only or proceed through each warning dialog box as it is displayed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio .NET 2003.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

  1. Navigate to the local directory of a project that you have under source control.
  2. To change the file attributes of the items in this directory, first press CTRL+A to select all. Right-click, select Properties, and then click to clear the read only check box.
  3. Open your project from source control in the Visual Studio .NET IDE. You receive the warning message described in the "Symptoms" section of this article. When you click to select the Apply to all items check box, this has no effect.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/9/2005
Keywords:kbvs2002sp1sweep kbfix kbbug kbpending kbSrcControl kbSSExplorer KB309036 kbAudDeveloper
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