How to Remove SourceSafe dependencies from a solution project in Visual Studio

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From: Anonieko Ramos (anonieko_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: 9 Mar 2004 06:23:30 -0800

Opening Source safe controlled projects.
Removing SourceSafe dependencies from a solution/project
Situation:
Your buddy has created a cool VB.NET application that you want to use.
 He sends you the source code and it consists of a solution
(MySolution) containing a single project (MyProject). You attempt to
open the solution and find that it has SourceSafe dependencies. You
need to remove all the VSS stuff from the solution/project files.

Solution:

1 - Go to the folder containing the solution files and delete the
following:
          mssccprj.scc
          MyProject.vssscc
          vssver.scc

2 - Open MyProject.sln in your favorite text editor and remove the
following section:
          GlobalSection(SourceCodeControl) = preSolution
                     ...
          EndGlobalSection

3 - Go to the folder containing the project files and delete the
following:
          MyProject.vbproj.vspscc
          mssccprj.scc
          vssver.scc

4 - Open MyProject.vbproj in your text editor and remove the following
lines:
          SccProjectName = "SAK"
          SccLocalPath = "SAK"
          SccAuxPath = "SAK"
          SccProvider = "SAK"

Now you can open the solution/project with no source control errors.