Microsoft KB Archive/126786

= How To Remove or Change a Label =

Article ID: 126786

Article Last Modified on 2/24/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q126786



SUMMARY
You can remove or change a project or file label using the GUI interface or the command line product. To remove a label, use the following steps:

GUI Interface

 * 1) Select the file or project from which you want to remove the label.
 * 2) Click the History button on the toolbar, choose the Info.History menu item with SourceSafe 3.1 or the Tools.Show History menu item with Visual SourceSafe 4.0 or later, or press CTRL+H to bring up the history dialog or output window.
 * 3) If the History dialog box appears, select the desired options and click OK.
 * 4) Select the labeled history item that you want to remove or change.
 * 5) Click the Details button.
 * 6) In the Label: text box, completely delete current label characters to remove the label. To change the label, change the contents to the desired new label.
 * 7) Click Close.

Command Line
  Execute the Label command with the desired label options. For example:

To change a label: ss Label $/test "-vl old label" "-l new label" To remove a label: ss label $/test "-vl old label" "-l "  You will get a message:

"This version of  already has a label. Do you want to overwrite with new label? (Y/N)."

Type y to confirm the label change.

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