How to: Disable Automatic Checkouts

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Source control in Visual Studio enables automatic checkouts by default. This section describes how you can configure Visual Studio to disable automatic checkouts.

Procedures

To disable automatic checkouts

  1. In Visual Studio, on the Tools menu, click Options.

  2. In the Options dialog box, click Source Control, and then click Environment.

  3. In the On Edit box, select a different option than Check out automatically. The other available options are as follows:

    • Prompt for check out

    • Prompt for exclusive checkouts

    • Do nothing

  4. Click OK.

See Also

Reference

Plug-in Tabs for Source Control (Options Dialog Box)

Other Resources

Performing Source Control Tasks