DOCUMENT:Q157716 01-MAY-2001 [ssafe] TITLE :BUG: Invalid Handle Message When Attempting a Show Diffs PRODUCT :Microsoft SourceSafe PROD/VER: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbSSafe500bug ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you select the Show Differences command, you may be presented with a dialog box that reads "Invalid Handle." WORKAROUND ========== The above error dialog will appear when all of the following conditions are met: - You selected the Show Differences command for a file. - The working directory for the selected file is set to a floppy drive. - There is no disk in the drive indicated above. To resolve this error, place the appropriate disk in the floppy drive. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Problem -------------------------- 1. Open or switch to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe version 5.0. 2. With a floppy disk in drive A, select a project and set its working directory to A:\. 3. Remove the floppy disk from drive A. 4. Right-click on any file in the project and select the "Show Differences..." command. Note that the dialog box "Invalid Handle" appears. 5. Close the dialog box, and select the project folder. Right-click on the project folder and select the "Show Differences..." command. NOTE: Dialog "Invalid DOS path A:\" appears. This is the message that should be displayed when performing step 4 above. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : kbSSafe500bug Technology : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe500 Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.