It is sometimes necessary to undo the checkout of a file or files because the user who originally checked out the file is unavailable, either being out sick, having left the company, or for some other reason. By using the Admin account, you can undo a checkout by any other user.
After logging into the Explorer as Admin, go to the project where the user has the file checked out and click the file. If there is more that one file checked out, hold the CTRL key and select multiple files, or click the project name in the left pane to select an entire project. Click the "Undo Checkout" button on the toolbar or select [SourceSafe][Undo Checkout] from the menu. SourceSafe alerts you with the message: "File <filename> is currently checked out by <user name>. Proceed Anyway?". Click "Yes" for one file, or "Yes All" for a group of files, to undo the checkout.
The files are then in the same state, and the same revision, as when the user checked them out originally. No work performed by the original user is included.
After logging into the Explorer as Admin, go to the project where the user has the file checked out and click the file. If there is more that one file checked out, hold the CTRL key and select multiple files, or click the project name in the left pane to select an entire project. Click the "Undo Checkout" button on the toolbar or select [SourceSafe][Undo Checkout] from the menu. SourceSafe alerts you with the message: "File <filename> is currently checked out by <user name>. Proceed Anyway?". Click "Yes" for one file, or "Yes All" for a group of files, to undo the checkout.
The files are then in the same state, and the same revision, as when the user checked them out originally. No work performed by the original user is included.