HOWTO: How to Create a New Database in SourceSafe
Article ID: 123467
Article Last Modified on 2/14/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.01
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.02
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.04
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
This article was previously published under Q123467
SUMMARY
Use the Mkss.exe in the ADMIN sub-directory to create a new SourceSafe
database by following these steps:
- Create a target directory for the new database.
- Run MKSS <directory>.
- Run DDCONV <directory>.
You do not need to use the following step with Visual Sourcesafe
version 4.0.
- Execute SERIALIZE <directory> -s<serial number>, to initialize the
database with serial number information.
If you need to move the resulting database, copy all resulting files and
subdirectories to the new location.
MKSS and DDCONV are in the WIN32 directory in Visual SourceSafe 4.x and
5.x.
REFERENCES
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176909 HOWTO: Move a VSS Database or Project to New Location
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