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Q131445: FIX: "Timeout Locking File: UM" Error Occurs at Startup

Article: Q131445
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.04; winnt:3.04
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbSSafe310fix kbSSafe304bug
Last Modified: 16-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, version 3.04 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 3.04 
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SYMPTOMS
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The error "Timeout locking file: UM" occurs when starting Microsoft SourceSafe.

CAUSE
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The Microsoft SourceSafe version 3.04 for Windows or Windows NT installation did
not create a DATA\LOCKS subdirectory.


This error occurs only if the SRCSAFE.INI setting Lock_Mode is set to Lockfile.
For additional information on the Lock_Mode setting, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  124525 How SourceSafe Locks Files in the DATA Directory

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem:

1. Create a directory titled "LOCKS" in the DATA subdirectory. For example: MD
  F:\SS\DATA\LOCKS

2. Restart SourceSafe.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Microsoft SourceSafe
version 3.1 for Windows and Windows NT.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbSSafe310fix kbSSafe304bug 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe304 kbSSafe304NT
Version           : WINDOWS:3.04; winnt:3.04
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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