DOCUMENT:Q195021 01-MAY-2001 [ssafe] TITLE :FIX: "Version not found" After Running ssarc -d -v PRODUCT :Microsoft SourceSafe PROD/VER: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600fix kbSSExplorer ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you choose Show History on a file that was archived with the -d -v switches, you receive the following error: Version not found RESOLUTION ========== Use the ss history command from command prompt. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Visual SourceSafe 5.x Explorer. This bug has been corrected in Visual SourceSafe 6.0 MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Create a project and add a file to this project. 2. Create some versions for the file. 3. Branch this file to a new project. Note the version at which you are branching. 4. Delete the original file from Visual SourceSafe. 5. Create some more versions to the new (branched) file. 6. ssarc -d -v# , making sure that v# is a number greater than the version number at which the file was branched. 7. From Visual SourceSafe Explorer, right-click on the new file and click Show History. RESULT: The error "Version not found" appears. REFERENCES ========== For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q176875 INFO: The Primary Functions of Ssarc.exe and Ssrestor.exe Additional query words: kbDSupport ====================================================================== Keywords : kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600fix kbSSExplorer Technology : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe500 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= 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.