Unable to use or share the workspace created using Visual Studio 2012 or higher versions in Visual Studio 2010.

by XDK 5. February 2016 11:57

Explanation:

Visual Studio 2010 can't use the local workspaces created using Visual Studio 2012 or higher versions. The local workspace feature was introduced starting Visual Studio 2012.

Solution:

Create the workspace using Visual Studio 2010 to share or use the same workspace across Visual Studio 2010 and higher versions.

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TFS 2010 | TFS 2012 | TFS 2013 | TFS 2015 | Visual Studio 2010 | Visual Studio 2012 | Visual Studio 2013 | Visual Studio 2015

MIssing "Find by Status" and "Find by Wildcard" in Source Control Explorer

by XDK 11. January 2016 12:49

Solution:

"Find by Status" and "Find by Wildcard" plug-ins are from TFS power tools. You need to install TFS power tools to gain access to "Find by Status" and "Find by Wildcard" menus.

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Azure DevOps on-premises | TFS 2012 | TFS 2013 | TFS 2015 | Visual Studio 2010 | Visual Studio 2012 | Visual Studio 2013 | Visual Studio 2015

TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server

by XDK 14. May 2015 06:52
Explanation:
Ensure the proxy settings are set correct. You may face TFS connection issues when the proxy settings 
have changed or are incorrect.

Note: The .NET and Visual Studio use the proxy settings from Internet Explorer 

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Azure DevOps on-premises | Visual Studio 2010 | Visual Studio 2012 | Visual Studio 2013

How to add IE 11 version to the browser Type to configure a Load Test in Visual Studio IDE?

by XDK 30. January 2015 07:02

Solution:

1. Open Notepad.

2. Edit the file with the following details

 <Browser Name="Internet Explorer 11.0" MaxConnections="6">
  <Headers>
    <Header Name="User-Agent" Value="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko" />
    <Header Name="Accept" Value="*/*" />
    <Header Name="Accept-Language" Value="{{$IEAcceptLanguage}}" />
    <Header Name="Accept-Encoding" Value="GZIP" />
  </Headers>
</Browser>

3. Save the file as "IE11.browser" under "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio <Version>\Common7\IDE\Templates\LoadTest\Browsers"

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Web Performance & Load Tests | Visual Studio 2010 | Visual Studio 2012 | Visual Studio 2013

Is it possible to restore a deleted files in TFS?

by XDK 30. June 2014 12:47

Solution:

  1. Open Visual Studio IDE  
  2. Go to Tools --> Options in Visual Studio menu and open the options. Select Source Control --> Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and tick the option "Show deleted items in Source Control Explorer" and click OK.
  3. Now you can see the deleted files appear in Source Control Explorer. Right click on the Folder/File you want to restore and click "Undelete" to get it restored.
 
 

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Visual Studio 2010 | Visual Studio 2012 | Visual Studio 2013

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