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Team foundation server power tools is a set of tools that allow you to manipulate the TFS server from the command line, it also allows you access to many features that cannot be accessed from the gui.

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TFS 2013: How to Create Alerts for Unfinished Work Items when a Sprint Ends

Is there a way to set up custom alerts on TFS? I already use the web interface to create alerts, but I need to create custom ones that are not based on work item fields only, but also on the current and past iterations. I know that Power Tools used…
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Team Foundation Power Tools, tfpt from Command Prompt causing "access denied"?

I'm using visual studio 2013 and tfs 2012 on my project, what i wanted to do is Unshelve shelveset created from one branch to another. I followed this tutorial, and downloaded Team Foundation Power Tools 2013 here. After i install the software…
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Why does TFS Power Tools 2012 not recognise newly uncloaked project?

I have TFS Power Tools 2012 installed on my PC. I recently uncloaked a project in TFS and performed a get operation to bring the project folder into my private workspace (using server-side for backwards compatability with VS2010). Whilst in Visual…
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Undo local changes that exist in a shelveset?

Problem Often times, while a team is repairing one part of the code base, we have to have a shelveset of theirs locally so that we can continue working. However, in the process of working I need to shelve my changes for a code review for example.…
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Visual Studio Team Foundation Server - Need to find out if a project is referenced anywhere else in source control (Cleaning Up)

Am performing a re-structuring and cleanup of a large, heavily branched source control system (Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013). I need a quick way to find out if projects we are cleaning up (deleting, archiving, moving around) are…
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How to make TFS remember password for power tools?

My TFS credentials are different from my windows credentials. To be more precise, here is how my credentials look like For my workstation DomainXXX\myname password For TFS DomainYYY\someothername somepassword The problems Every time I use…
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How to use Powertop

I am working on power consumption anaysis of different machines we have in our lab ( servers, power pcs). I came to know about powertop for power analysis. till now, I have used it on my laptop only and analyse power when laptop is on battery and…
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TFS 2013 - Description HTML Field Can't Be Required

Fellow TFS users and/or junkies, We are using TFS 2013. When I add required for Description HTML (Microsoft.VSTS.Common.DescriptionHTML), the default value still shows up as "As a I want so that ", THUS it doesn't require the user to fill anything…
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How to get latest only from certain folders in TFS using tfpt uu?

My workspace is set to map to the root of the TFS server, which has many projects. When I do a tfpt uu, it gets the entire server. I don't want to cloak every folder that I don't currently need. Is there as easy way to do something like tfpt uu…
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TFS 2010 TF50309 view collection-level information

The server is tfs2010. The client is visual studio 2012 and tfs power tools 2012. I tried to run this command: C:\> witadmin exportwitd /collection:http://pi-dev-tfs01:8080/tfs /p:SAP /n:Task TF50309: The following account does not have sufficient…
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Cannot install Windows Shell Integration of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Power Tools

When trying to install Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Power Tools, if I select Windows Shell Integration, I will get the error message that stops me from moving on. What should I do to get rid of this error?
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How can I change what user connects to TFS when using TFS power tools 2012 shell extensions?

I have the TFS power tools installed, and I can see the shell extensions context menus; however, I can't find a way to bypass the integrated windows authentication and specify a new username per operation. I am using a common username on a server…
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TFS2008 What is the difference between "Undo Pending Changes" & "Unshelve Pending Changes" exactly?

I was wondering: In TFS2008 What is the difference between "Undo Pending Changes" & "Unshelve Pending Changes" exactly? Since I have upgraded to the new TFS2012 power tools I no longer can "Undo Pending Changes" on our old tfs2008 instance. But it…
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How to connect to a different team project collection with tfs power tools in windows shell?

We are migrating from TFS 2010 to TFS 2012. Some of the members don't have visual studio installed and won't be using but still need to be able to connect to TFS, hence we are using power tools. My question the people who are not using visual studio…
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How to change check in policy behaviour with tfs power tools 2012

trouble again with Team Foundation Server Power Tools 2012. I just installed VS2012 and the power tools. We use check in policies. My problem: when I associate a ticket with a check in (as my policy demands), the ticket is set to 'resolved'. I don't…
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