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Q313898: BUG: StartUp Project Changes When You "Get Latest Version"

Article: Q313898
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-APR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0, used with:
   - Microsoft Visual Studio, Enterprise Edition 6.0 
   - Microsoft Visual Studio.NET (2002), Professional Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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If your solution is under Source Code Control and you make changes to your
StartUp Project in a way that affects the project file, and then another user
selects Get Latest Version from the Source Code Control system, your StartUp
Project reloads correctly but a different project is selected as the StartUp
Project.

RESOLUTION
==========

Click the StartUp Project again, right-click the project name, and then click
"Set as StartUp Project".

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following is a list of examples of actions that change the project file:

- Add a project item
- Remove a project item
- Rename a project item
- Add a reference
- Remove a reference
- Change a project property

NOTE: This is not a complete list of actions that can change the contents of a
project file.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a Visual Basic Distributed Enterprise Template Application.

2. Set the StartUp Project to any project except BusinessFacadeProjects.

3. Click to select the root Enterprise Template Project node.

4. On the Project menu, click Unload Project.

5. Right-click the root Enterprise Template Project node.

6. Click Reload Project.

7. Examine the expanded node. Startup Project is set to the
  BusinessFacadeProjects project.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe32bitSearch
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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