The Team Explorer Solutions section does not show all available solutions

Question

I have 2 distincts project under TFS, they are located under different Source Control Folder.

1. $/MyProject#1/DevBranch -> 4 solutions (a,b,c,d) and 10 sub project (p1,p2,p3,etc.)
2. $/MyProject#2/DevBranch -> 2 solutions (e,f) with one project each (p11,p12)

In MyProject#1, my solution (a) need to reference the project (p11) that is under MyProject#2.

So I've created and mapped a Workspace that looks like this :

1. $/MyProject#1/DevBranch -> mapped to C:\TFS\Project1
2. $/MyProject#2/DevBranch/SubFolder -> mapped to C:\TFS\Project1\p11

The sub folder contains 1 solution (e) and one project (p11)

Once the "Get Latest Version" is complete, I am able to use the project (p11) under my solution (a) as expected.

My problem is that under the "Solutions" section of the "Team Explorer" window, I only see the solution of one folder at once.

If I open Visual Studio and select my newly created Workspace, I will only see the solution that is under C:\TFS\Project1\p11.

If I click "Open..." button of the solutions section and browse to the upper lever folder C:\TFS\Project1 I will see all the solution from this folder but not the one of the sub folder. This is fine, I don't need the solution from the sub folder.

But, once I close Visual Studio and reopen, I will be back at the beginning where I only see one solution (e) and must click open each time I open Visual Studio.

Is there a way to set the root folder as the default one?

Thanks

Answer 1

You need to check whether you have mapped the projects in one workspace. If you mapped them in one workspace, you'll see all solution files even though they under sub folder: