>>Am I missing something? I don't have a "Create Database" under my tools menu in VSS administrator. Is this something new in VSS 6.0? I have 5.0. The only way they suggest to do it is re-install VSS to a new folder, but then I have to re-apply service packs, etc. I certainly don't like the idea of re-applying service packs to VB, VFP, etc., every time I want to creat a new VSS DB. Surely there's a better way in VSS 5?
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>I guess it is something new in 6.0.
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>In version 5, you need to employ a manual process. This process can be found on page 182 of the user manual. Here are the steps:
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>1. Copy the data folder under \vss to another location.
>2. In the new folder, create a srcsafe.ini file with these two lines of code:
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>#include \vss\srcsafe.ini
>Data_Path = DATA
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>Page 181 shows how to use the command line parameters to open a specific database.
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>All of this should be available in the help file as well.

Thanks for the info, John. After looking the Help file some more, I found that another manual process you can do:

1) run MKSS.EXE to create an older style SS database
2) run DDCONV.EXE on that new folder to update it to the current SS database format.
3) make additional changes to your SRCSAFE.INI and SS.INI files as needed.

Crude, but effective. I am glad to hear they made this a menu option in 6. Thanks again.