Microsoft KB Archive/139729

= FIX: Visual SourceSafe Cannot Associate File That Has 2 Periods =

Article ID: 139729

Article Last Modified on 10/20/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q139729



SYMPTOMS
You receive the error "No application associated with this file type" when trying to view a file that contains more than one period in the file name.



CAUSE
Visual SourceSafe parses the file name from left to right. This means that a file called My.file.doc is parsed so that the extension appears to be .file.doc and there is no association for this file.



RESOLUTION
Rename the file from My.file.doc to My_file.doc in the Visual SourceSafe Explorer (on the File menu, click Rename).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual SourceSafe 5.0.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Rename a file that is associated with an application so that the file name contains more than one period.
 * 2) Add the file to Visual SourceSafe.
 * 3) Double-click the file from the Visual SourceSafe Explorer. At this point, The error message "No application associated with this file type" appears.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbssafe500fix KB139729

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