Set Working Folder Dialog Box (Explorer)

Allows you to set your working folder, which is a folder on your computer to which Visual SourceSafe copies database files when you want to work with them. You must specify a working folder to perform any action that copies a file from the database, for example, a checkout operation. The only command you can perform without a working folder is the View command.

Dialog Box Access

In Visual SourceSafe Explorer, on the File menu, click Set Working Folder.

  • Create folder
    Creates a new folder.
  • Drives
    Allows you to select the drive on which to create a working folder.
  • Folder
    Displays the name of the working folder.
  • Folders
    Allows you to navigate to the directory where you want to create the working folder.
  • Name
    Specifies the name of the working folder.
  • Network
    Uses standard Windows methods to allow you to select a shared network drive.
  • Save as default for project
    Saves the folder that you specify as your default working folder.

UI Element List (Classic Dialog)

This table shows the UI elements if you are using the Classic_Dialogs Initialization Variable.

  • Make New Folder
    Creates a new folder.
  • Folder
    Displays the name of the selected folder.
  • Set Working Folder
    Allows you to navigate to the directory where you want to create the working folder.
  • Name
    Specifies the name of the working folder.

See Also

Other Resources

Visual SourceSafe User Interface Reference