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visual-studio-2012tfswindows-8.1windows-explorer
Nam G VU
Nam G VU

Reputation: 35374

How to get latest or commit with TFS server from Windows Explorer?

My need

Currently I have to open Visual Studio to make a get latest or a commit pending changes.

I want to do that the same way with TortoiseSVN right in Windows Explorer.

What I have tried

I made google research and comes down to using the tool called TFS 2012 Power Tools

Someone also mentioned about this issue here

Though after installed, I got nothing working as espected. Wondering did I do wrong then...

I'm using Windows 8.1 and Visual Studio 2012 Web Express.

Question

How should I do to install it properly and get it work after all then?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 182

Answers (1)

Richard Banks
Richard Banks

Reputation: 12546

Assuming that when you installed the power tools you enabled shell integration and then logged out/back in to active them, then you need to do a few things:

  1. Do an initial 'get' from TFS using Visual Studio Team Explorer and make a note of your workspace folder.
  2. In Windows Explorer, right click that workspace folder. You should see the context menu items appear.

Most people having trouble with the context menu appearing have forgotten that to log out and log back in, as Windows Explorer needs to be restarted to pick up the new shell extension.

Upvotes: 1

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