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Q185696: INFO: "Invalid DOS path <drive>:<path>" when Adding Files

Article: Q185696
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you try to add a project to a Visual SourceSafe (VSS) database, Visual C++
(VC++) or other products may return the following error:

  Invalid DOS path <drive>:<path>

This may occur if the Data_Path variable in the Srcsafe.ini file points to an
invalid location.

MORE INFORMATION
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When browsing for a database, VSS searches for the Srcsafe.ini file that is
installed in the server installation directory of Visual SourceSafe.

The error may occur for one of the following three reasons:

- This is a new Visual C++ project.

- The Visual C++ .opt file does not contain a valid path to the correct
  Srcsafe.ini file.

- The Data_Path variable of the Srcsafe.ini referenced by VC++ is invalid.

By default, VC++ looks in the Windows registry at the path shown below to
determine where the default Srcsafe.ini is located:

     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SourceSafe = Value: SCCServerPath
       = {%INSTALLDIRECTORY%}ssscc.dll

REFERENCES
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For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q184357 PRB: VC Opening Project in Wrong VSS Database

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe400 kbSSafe400a kbSSafe500
Issue type        : kbinfo

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