TF400889 Long path error received from TFS

Question

Can someone please help me out with this? I tried using long path tool but they want me to pay in order to delete the folder. However I cant find the file the system is complaining about. I went to the folder

C:\Users\Casey\Desktop\Workspace\LegalHoldings\Sprints\Sprint5\Expunctions\LegalHoldings.Expunctions.Service.External\ServiceReferences\FillingReviewMDEService\LegalHoldings.Expunctions.Service.External.FilingReviewMDEService.GetFeesCalculationsResponse.datasource

This file:

FilingReviewMDEService.GetFeesCalculationsResponse.datasource

Does not exist in the folder?!?!?!

I don't know what to do, I have been reading a lot of work-arounds online however most people suggest using long path tool but I remember having this issue in the past but I cant remember how I solved. I believed it was something to do with the Developer Command prompt and resetting some paths.

All help would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

Not sure if you're even using the data binding features which the .datasource file is generated for, but turning that off in your service reference configuration by manually editing the .svcmap file would solve your problem.

After editing make sure you use the Update Reference feature to get rid of the unwanted file:

The second step would be to not map $/ to your user profile in your workspace mapping, but $LegalHoldings/Sprints/Sprint5/Expunctions to something like C:\Workspace\Sprint5 specifically that would drastically reduce the path depth required for your project.

If TFS still has a pending change for this file, you can use the tf utility from your workspace folder

C:\Users\Casey\Desktop\Workspace\LegalHoldings> tf undo $LegalHoldings/Sprints/Sprint5/Expunctions/LegalHoldings.Expunctions.Service.External/ServiceReferences/FillingReviewMDEService/LegalHoldings.Expunctions.Service.External.FilingReviewMDEService.GetFeesCalculationsResponse.datasource

to get rid of the pending change.

Answer 2

Usually these problems can be solved by shortening the paths higher up the tree.

It looks like your local path is the problem, so try mapping your code to a shorter root folder (e.g. C:\code rather than c:\users\Casey\desktop\workspace...)

Alternatively, you may be able to rename some mid level folders in your tfs structure to shorten the paths. But that's more extreme and probably not necessary in this case.

Answer 3

In VS/TFS 2012, I found this helpful:

[Open TFS Explorer] -> [Right click the root folder] -> Advanced->'Remove Mapping...'

Then, you can change the path:

HTH