Team Foundation Server Change Source Control Invalid Status

Question

I have a new laptop because the old one is crashed. On the old laptop I have a Visual Studio solution that is connected to Team Foundation Server and there were a lot of changed made before I could do a check in.

Luckily I made a backup of the complete folder structure inclusive my changes.

Now on my new laptop I installed VS2013 and copied the solution to my harddrive (E: disk). When I open the solution, all the projects are loaded correctly, but there is no connection to TFS.

When I look at "Change Source Control" all the projects have a Invalid status. I tried to set the workspace correctly but nothing worked so far.

Answer 1

This is easiest solved by:

1. Creating a new workspace, make sure it's a local workspace, on a new location.
2. Get the same version that is your base version using Get Specific Version
3. Deleting its contents (while retaining the tf$ folder)
4. Pasting your old solution with updates over the one you just created
5. Perform a Get Latest Version
6. Resolve any conflicts
7. Check in.

Harder, but which may work without the need to download the whole solution again from source control, from Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt run:

tf workspace "Workspacename;Owner" /computer:NEWCOMPUTERNAME

After opening your solution you may need to rebind your solution from the Manage Source control window.