Microsoft KB Archive/136401

= PRB: Data Path Errors Starting SourceSafe =

Article ID: 136401

Article Last Modified on 5/1/2001

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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 Q136401



SYMPTOMS
When you start Visual SourceSafe 4.0 or 5.0, one of the following error messages might appear:

Invalid Data Path

Cannot find initialization variable "Data_Path"

Invalid DOS path

When you start Visual SourceSafe 6.0, one of the following error messages might appear:

The SourceSafe database path does not exist. Please select another database.

Invalid DOS path: 

Invalid handle



CAUSE
These errors occur when a client installation does not properly define the path to the SourceSafe server's SRCSAFE.INI in the client's SRCSAFE.INI file (#include) or the server's SRCSAFE.INI does not contain a valid SourceSafe database location.



RESOLUTION
After installing the Visual SourceSafe server, always use NETSETUP.EXE to install the client installations. NETSETUP.EXE is found in the SourceSafe server directory.

Be sure to check that:

 The client's SRCSAFE.INI include path is a valid path to the server's SRCSAFE.INI location. If using the 16 bit client, ensure that the client's SRCSAFE.INI #include path uses the 16-bit path, such as the following:


 * 1) include d:\ \vss_se~1\srcsafe.ini

 The server's SRCSAFE.INI DATA_PATH setting points to a valid SourceSafe server DATA directory.

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