VSSEMS - a Utility for SourceSafe Administrators

Currently, it is not possible to migrate or copy a list of users and their concominant rights/assignments from an existing VSS database to another one, using either shipped VSS features or programmatically, using IVSS.  However, our capable friends in Microsoft's Product Support Services (PSS) have developed a tool that can perform this task automatically. You can download this tool from http://www.korbyparnell.com/tools/vssems.msi.

If you are the designated VSS database administrator on your team, VSSEMS can help you do much more than copy a user list from one database to another. Check it out. This utility is officially unsupported by Microsoft (or me for that matter :-). However, if you experience any difficulties while using it, please feel free to let me know.

Published 16 June 04 10:25 by KorbyP

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# Dan Golick said on June 16, 2004 10:37 AM:
I Can't download the tool - no access to the directory/file
# Korby Parnell said on June 16, 2004 11:08 AM:
Thanks, Dan. You should be able to download it now. Korby
# Randy Scott said on June 16, 2004 6:18 PM:
Is this utility still available?
I am an administrator and appriciate any tool which may make my life easier.
# JEff Faist said on June 16, 2004 9:36 PM:
404 error when trying to down load on both links.
# Korby Parnell said on June 16, 2004 11:40 PM:
Apparently, my hosting service is experiencing some technical difficulties this evening.

If you attempt to download this utility and cannot do so for any reason, I'll be happy to send it to you via email. All you have to do is send your email address (account must be able to handle a 2.2mb zip file) to http://blogs.msdn.com/korbyp/contact.aspx.
# Bill said on June 17, 2004 7:44 AM:
I tried to install it from my workstation and it didn't work. Does it need to be installed from a console on the server?

The error message I got was:
Error 1606. Could not access network location \\phoenix\profiles\. "Try Again" or "Cancel"
This is the name of a share on our network, but not the name of the one with VSS...
# Lance said on June 17, 2004 8:00 AM:
Any chance of getting the source code posted too?

Thanks!
# Glenn Fedirko said on June 17, 2004 8:55 AM:
The tool appears interesting, not really sure what is does, documentation would help. In the events section I set it to email on checkin, how do I set the email address. Also, can there be an event for project creation. When our developers want to create a new project I would like them to contact me to make sure it is placed in the correct subfolder
# Korby Parnell said on June 17, 2004 11:14 AM:
Bill -- Possible workarounds for Error 1606: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B315352

Lance -- I'll look into the possibility of publishing VSSEMS as a PowerToy but I can't make any promises. This one's an internal hand-me-down from my 'what's old is new again' folder.
# Markus M. May said on June 24, 2004 12:39 AM:
Hmm, nice tool. Got some questions concerning the Event-Stuff. I can use different events and can assign actions, but what parameters do I have to use? We would like to use the eMail action. obviously there must be a place to assign email-addresses and also the mail server :-)
# TrackBack said on August 4, 2004 11:37 PM:
Numerous 3rd Party Tools for SourceSafe
# TrackBack said on August 4, 2004 11:44 PM:
From Lance Hunt's whiteboard
# Lance's Whiteboard said on September 9, 2004 6:52 PM:
# Jorge said on June 7, 2005 6:08 PM:
When I click the 'Apply Rights' button of the 'Group Management' screen I get an error 424 (object required)
# Ben said on June 8, 2005 3:38 PM:
It's possible to use the VSSEMS in command line ?
Especially the user rights (backup and restor) process.
# hbird said on July 14, 2005 11:17 AM:
Trying to download the tool but I can't access.
# hbird said on July 15, 2005 9:54 AM:
Managed to find the tool elsewhere, and the user import is a great timesaver. However, I'm having trouble with the analyze functionality. When I try to run I get the following message: "ActiveX component can't create object SaveSettings SavePlace +\TempSettings.txt" The TempSettings.txt file gets created in the output directory I set under Options, but the analyze does not run.
# Rich Holt said on July 21, 2005 7:23 PM:
The d/l links are dead

http://www.winisp.net no longer resolves -- did the domain go TU?


can anyone tell me where to get a copy?
# KorbyP said on August 1, 2005 5:56 PM:
The file is once again available.
# Yaser said on August 8, 2005 9:40 AM:
The "Import User List" feature is simple awsome :) it would have taken me hours to manually add users to various databases. Thanx Korby. It would be great to have some documentation in order to understand and use some other features...
# Prashanth said on June 6, 2006 2:46 AM:
How can I send emails whenever any user adds new file in VSS ? Can you please help me out
# Mike Prinzo said on August 2, 2006 4:02 PM:
Wow, this thing worked great!
I was able to import users from an existing database - just what I needed.
Thank you.
# Lance's Whiteboard said on September 28, 2006 12:11 PM:
After years of automating Visual SourceSafe(VSS), I am beginning to post and organize all my knowledge
# Righardt said on March 28, 2007 5:34 AM:

"# Jorge said on June 7, 2005 6:08 PM:

When I click the 'Apply Rights' button of the 'Group Management' screen I get an error 424 (object required)"

I am experiencing the same problems while trying to apply the rights after creating the groups and adding users inside those groups and then setting rights to the groups. Then I click the Apply Rights buttong I get the 424 error as above.

Please assist because this tool will make life soooo much easier.

Thanks

# Deepak Mittal said on November 22, 2008 3:15 AM:

After long time, I am back with one more VSS challenge. Here it is: Problem: You might face problem with

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