How to Reset a Working folder VSS 2005

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Adam Tegen picture Adam Tegen · Oct 7, 2008 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

In Visual Source Safe 6.0, you could "reset" a working folder by setting it to a blank string. This meant that the working folder would be determined by the working folder of the parent.

How do I do this in Visual Source Safe 2005?

Answer

Adam Tegen picture Adam Tegen · Oct 7, 2008

This can't be done in the normal VSS 2005 "Set Working Folder" dialog.

However, if you hold the shift key while invoking the "Set Working Folder" dialog, it shows the old VSS 6.0 dialog. Here you can reset the working folder by deleting the string and pressing OK.

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