Microsoft KB Archive/131451

= How to Upgrade SourceSafe Manually =

Article ID: 131451

Article Last Modified on 12/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.04
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft SourceSafe

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This article was previously published under Q131451



SUMMARY
If the SourceSafe upgrade installation fails it may be necessary for the user to manually convert the database.



MORE INFORMATION
The following steps are needed to complete the upgrade:

NOTE: For the following examples to work, SourceSafe must be in the \SS directory and the data in the \SS\DATA directory. If the user is upgrading to a version prior to version 3.1, make sure that all of the SourceSafe serial numbers are available prior to upgrading.

 Run the DDCONV.EXE utility located in the \SS\ADMIN directory with the following syntax:

DDCONV -s \SS\DATA




 * If installing version 3.04 or greater ignore step 2 **

 Run the following command for all of the serial number in the system:

SERIALIZ -s \SS\DATA

 If upgrading from version 2.2:

To upgrade the SYSTEM.INI to SRCSAFE.INI, run this command:

UPDINI -m\SS\DATA

To upgrade each user's SS.INI file, run the following command for each user in the system:

UPDINI \SS\USERS\ \SS.INI



Additional query words: ss3 vbwin SS SRCSAFE

Keywords: kbsetup KB131451

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