Microsoft KB Archive/298745

= FP2002: Closing a File Does Not Check in the File =

Article ID: 298745

Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
 * Microsoft SharePoint Team Services

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This article was previously published under Q298745



For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 229559.



SYMPTOMS
When you close a file that is checked out from either a Microsoft FrontPage Web or a SharePoint team Web site that is using built-in version control, the file remains checked out. A Web administrator cannot check the file back in for you. The file remains checked out until you check it in.



CAUSE
The built-in source control in SharePoint Team Services and FrontPage 2002 is designed to be a light-weight source control solution.

To use advanced features, such as versioning and administration, use Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. For additional information about Visual SourceSafe, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/



WORKAROUND
Manually check in the file. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) As an administrator, log on to the Web server locally.
 * 2) Run Windows NT Explorer and locate the folder containing the document that is checked out.
 * 3) Open the &quot;_vti_cnf&quot; subfolder of this folder.
 * 4) Locate the document that has the same name as the document that is checked out and open it in Notepad.
 * 5) Locate the following three lines and delete them:
 * 6) * vti_sourcecontrolmultiuserchkoutby:
 * 7) * vti_sourcecontrolcheckedoutby:
 * 8) * vti_sourcecontroltimecheckedout:
 * 9) Save the file and close Notepad.
 * 10) If the Web is open in FrontPage, refresh the Web.



MORE INFORMATION
For information about FrontPage 2002, visit the following Microsoft Web Site:

http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/

For information about Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/

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