How to: Disable Automatic Checkouts
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
In Visual Studio, on the Tools menu, click Options.
In the Options dialog box, click Source Control, and then click Environment.
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
Click OK.
See Also
Reference
Plug-in Tabs for Source Control (Options Dialog Box)