Source Safe Sucks - Help Me Please

Okay, I don't use Source Safe. Let me get that out in the open before I begin.

I am working on an application this morning that I did not write. A few minor bugs have been found, and I have been asked to fix them. All in all, this should take me about 15 minutes.

However, when I try to edit the program I get an error. Something to the effect of "can't edit module". Then when I look in the project explorer bar, I notice little pad-lock icons beside each form...a sure sign of Source Safe.

The problem is, our Source Safe server hasn't run in 3 years, this guy is gone, and I'm lost. Can I break the SS link somehow, or do I need to find these files somewhere within SS?

You can break the link by selecting all files and folders and right clicking and change the attributes from read only to unchecked. ;)

If you ever get the VSS server running again you can update the copies in the VSS db. Also, the DB is actually just a bunch of folders and files so if your server ever gets back up you can copy the db off and move it to another location.

If you know where the project files are:
- Just remove the scc-files that are in the same directory
- and in explorer.exe select all the files of the project - right mouse click - properties - make sure "Read only" is checked of, so that they are not read only.

This should do the trick.

Create a copy of the entire project localy, get rid of files (1 or 2) with ext SCC, reset "Read Only" attributes for all files (you can do that at the folder level) and you should be all set.

However, you guys should start using Source Safe - it's a life saver! ;)

To edit that modules you have right click and select "Check out", when you are done, select "check in" and the version in SS database will be updated.
If your SourceSafe database is still alive i recommend you try to find it, because there youll find the HISTORY of the application, all the modifications since it had been added to SS.
Now, if you still want to "unlink it" from SS, you should remove the .SCC files from your app path, after that select all files, right click, and uncheck "Read only".

EDIT: im super late. :D

We did use it here a few years ago, but it was kind of phased out gradually.
It was unintentional too, just sort of faded away.

You can always move the db on to your system or at least create a new secondary db on your system for your own use. Having revisions and history is a great thing. :)