What edition should I install on my Windows 7 Professional?

[SeanZhu]

Hi. I installed a Vault Trial Version 5.0.4.18845 64 bit on my Windows 7 Professional machine. I have an Visual Source Safe 6.0 database on my local machine as well.
When I tried to handoff VSS database using VSS Username and Password, I kept getting a message said
"The path C:\srcsafe_i2iTracks does not exist. Please verify that IIS APPPOOL\VaultAppPool has Full Control of the directory.
Click Here for some tips for configuring VSS database connections."
I clicked into the tips link, and it told me that I have to install a 32 bit version Vault because VSS is 32 bit. Since my Windows 7 is 64 bit, can I install a 32 bit version Vault?
And also according to your tips, I may "have to configure IIS 7 to allow 32-bit applications", and I also tried that trick by turn "Enable 32-bit Applications" to "True" (Sounds like a work around to me! ) and next time I run http://local/vaultservice/admin, it only generates a bunch of debugging errors like the following.

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Server Error in '/VaultService' Application.
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Could not load file or assembly 'DragnetControlsLib, Version=5.0.4.18845, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. 
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

I am confused of all these , I am new to your product, can you provide some help on my issue please?

Thanks,

Sean

[lbauer]

The Vault Web service needs to be able to communicate with the VSS database through the SourceSafe automation component. Since SourceSafe is a 32-bit app, the Vault service needs to run as a 32-bit app as well.

Uninstall the 64-bit Vault server, then download and install the 32-bit Vault server. Yes, you can install 32-bit apps on 64-bit Windows 7. You do need to enable 32-bit apps in IIS, but it sounds like you've already done that.

Let me know if this does not resolve the problem.

[SeanZhu]

Thanks, Linda.

I installed 32 bit Vault, and problem solved!

Thanks again.

[lbauer]

Thanks for the update. That's good news. : )

Let me know if we can be of assistance in the future.