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Working with Share and Branch options in VSS for Dexterity projects sometimes requires working with nested projects like on the picture below:

If we try to connect to the nested project through Dexterity, we will find ourselves in a situation that we cannot see the nested project. However, there is a way to load it, but there is no way to see it in the Projects window. Look at the following text.

Open the Dexterity project. Follow the path File -> Options -> Source Control. Click the  ellipsis near the Project Name. We are not able to see the nested projects.

Now, close the window Projects and enter the whole path Project/Project v.0.1.0 in the text field near the project name.

If we click the  ellipsis near the Project Name, the window Projects will open and we will be able to see the same list of projects as earlier. If we click the button Validate Connection, we will receive the following message:

But, this time, we do not follow this message and give up from loading data from this project on VSS. If we enter the proper name of a project as we have already done, the Dexterity will recognize it and load data from the nested project despite the message which warns us that we are on the wrong way.