disconnect visual studio solution from sourcesafe?

Question

I'm working on a project for a firm that has their main solution in sourcesafe. The other developers are working like beavers on new stuff, and I'd like to be able to download the source from VSS, then disconnect it. So I can get up to speed on the code without risk of bothering anyone else's code.

Is it possible to do this? Many thanks if so.

-Larry

Answer 1

From How to Remove Version Control Bindings from Visual Studio Solutions at devx.com:

1. Close all instances of Visual Studio, and delete all the files in the solution directory that end with .scc.
2. Edit the solution to remove all traces of the source code controller binding. Remove the section GlobalSection(SourceCodeControl) in the solution file. Also remove the keys named SccProjectName, SccLocalPath, SccAuxPath, and SccProvider.