Microsoft KB Archive/166261

= BUG: "File is Exclusively Checked Out" Error =

Article ID: 166261

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 Q166261



SYMPTOMS
When you try to check out a file, the following message appears, even though nobody has the file checked out:

File $/ / is Exclusively Checked Out.



CAUSE
The Status.dat file is corrupted.



RESOLUTION
The following resolutions work: Run Analyze -f twice.

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Create a backup copy of the Status.dat file, and then remove the Status.dat file from the DATA directory and run Analyze -f.



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



MORE INFORMATION
Although a number of users have reported this problem, it has not been consistently reproduced. In several cases, it occurred when a mixture of versions 4.0 and 5.0 clients accessed the same database.

