Microsoft KB Archive/131445

= FIX: "Timeout Locking File: UM" Error Occurs at Startup =

Article ID: 131445

Article Last Modified on 3/3/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.04

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This article was previously published under Q131445



SYMPTOMS
The error "Timeout locking file: UM" occurs when starting Microsoft SourceSafe.



CAUSE
The Microsoft SourceSafe version 3.04 for Windows or Windows NT installation did not create a DATA\LOCKS subdirectory. This error occurs only if the SRCSAFE.INI setting Lock_Mode is set to Lockfile. For additional information on the Lock_Mode setting, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

124525 How SourceSafe Locks Files in the DATA Directory



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem:
 * 1) Create a directory titled "LOCKS" in the DATA subdirectory. For example: MD F:\SS\DATA\LOCKS
 * 2) Restart SourceSafe.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Microsoft SourceSafe version 3.1 for Windows and Windows NT.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbssafe310fix kbsetup KB131445

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