a. Open Microsoft Visual Studio and create new blank solution your project directory. Since I’ve set up D:\may\dev as my projects folder, added new blank solution “VSSDemoSolution” in there.

b. Once you have your solution file, you can add the solution to the source safe by
i. Right click on the solution > add solution to source control or
ii. File > Source Control > Add Solution to Source Control

c. It will ask you to choose your VSS DB and login to it. Once you’ve login “Add to Source Project” dialogue box will pop up with your solution name with .root extension in the project text box. You can either remove the .root from the solution file name and click “Create” to create a folder or simply by removing the whole name and click “OK” will add the solution file to the VSS. My preference is to remove the whole given name from the Project text box and click on “OK” button. Save a few mouse clicks.

d. Once been done, you should be able to see your solution file added to in the VSS Explorer. One irritating thing about source safe is that there is no auto refresh or F5 which make you to either close the explorer and reopen it or collapse the tree view and extend again or just click on refresh button.
Now you have successfully added a new solution to source safe database.

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