Open the VSS Explorer, it’ll ask you to choose the specific database.

VSS Explorer displays important status information, such as your current working folder, search criteria, number of files, and so on. Some of this information is shown in file pane column headings, and other information is shown in the status bar at the bottom of the VSS Explorer window. The title bar of VSS Explorer shows the database you are connected to. VSS Explorer uses symbols to provide information about the files and projects.

Browse to the location where you create your db and point to srcsafe.ini. (In my example D:\may\DATA\VSSDemo\srcsafe.ini is where my database is and I’ve given the name “VSSDemo” for that database.)

After selecting the required database, you may have to login with your username and password. Since this is my local VSS, I can use “admin” with no password to login to any database.

You will then be able to access the VSS Explorer as shown in the following figure.

By default there is no working folder been set. You will need to set up your working folder according to your directory structure.

The working folder is where you actually work on a file. When you Check Out or Get a file, VSS copies the item into your working folder for that project. After you make changes to the file and check it in, VSS copies it from your working folder back into the database.

Since my projects are going to be in D:\may\dev, I’ve set my root “$” to be D:\may\dev.
NB: While you are working with the team, it is very important that, all your team members set up their local directory the same structure as in VSS. This will make it a lot easier for working with files check-ins/outs.

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