Microsoft KB Archive/157716

= BUG: Invalid Handle Message When Attempting a Show Diffs =

Article ID: 157716

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157716



SYMPTOMS
When you select the Show Differences command, you may be presented with a dialog box that reads "Invalid Handle."



WORKAROUND
The above error dialog will appear when all of the following conditions are met:


 * You selected the Show Differences command for a file.
 * The working directory for the selected file is set to a floppy drive.
 * There is no disk in the drive indicated above.

To resolve this error, place the appropriate disk in the floppy drive.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Open or switch to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe version 5.0.
 * 2) With a floppy disk in drive A, select a project and set its working directory to A:\.
 * 3) Remove the floppy disk from drive A.
 * 4) Right-click on any file in the project and select the "Show Differences..." command. Note that the dialog box "Invalid Handle" appears.
 * 5) Close the dialog box, and select the project folder. Right-click on the project folder and select the "Show Differences..." command.

NOTE: Dialog "Invalid DOS path A:\" appears. This is the message that should be displayed when performing step 4 above.

Keywords: kbbug KB157716

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