How To Resolve Files Checked Out by an Unavailable User (150648)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q150648 SUMMARY
It is sometimes necessary to undo the checkout of a file or files because
the user who originally checked out the file is unavailable, either being
out sick, having left the company, or for some other reason. By using the
Admin account, you can undo a checkout by any other user.
After logging into the Explorer as Admin, go to the project where the user
has the file checked out and click the file. If there is more that one
file checked out, hold the CTRL key and select multiple files, or
click the project name in the left pane to select an entire project.
Click the "Undo Checkout" button on the toolbar or select [SourceSafe][Undo
Checkout] from the menu. SourceSafe alerts you with the message: "File
<filename> is currently checked out by <user name>. Proceed Anyway?". Click
"Yes" for one file, or "Yes All" for a group of files, to undo the
checkout.
The files are then in the same state, and the same revision, as when
the user checked them out originally. No work performed by the original
user is included.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/1/2004 |
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Keywords: | kbhowto KB150648 |
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