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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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Unable to determine workspace

In powershell when I run Get-TfsItemHistory . -Recurse -Version C13855~C14103 I get error Unable to determine the source control server. If I were running tfpt.exe I could simply do tf workspaces /s:serverUrl. How can I get past this error?
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Populating a Control in a Team Foundation Server 2010 Work Item Form

I've been tasked with creating a small application to query a customer database, and map its bug entries into TFS. All is well with nearly everything so far. My customer db queries work, and I can easily create a new WorkItem and place it into TFS.…
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TFS 2010 Migration to New Domain - Changing Display Name in TFS Work Items

We recently migrated TFS 2010 to a new domain, following the environment move instructions from Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404883.aspx These instructions include a step for migrating users from OLD_DOMAIN\username to…
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Is there a way to show the TFS changeset number after a check-in?

Is there a way, with power tools or other extensions, to make it so that the changeset number is be displayed on an alert? Currently it displays on the status bar, but disappears after a while, or at least make this more prominent?
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Why tfpt.exe missing although TFS Power Tools installed?

I am using Visual studio community 2017 on Windows 10, I installed TFS power tools 2011, 2013, 2015 (I read that previous Power Tools have been integrated into TFS 2017) but there are no tfpt.exe in any installation directory.
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Downsides of checking in files that have no changes?

Regardless of whether it is a bug, that TFS forces files to be in the pending changes section, even when there are no changes, is there a downside to checking those files in? Please note that according to this, the way to get rid of files that have…
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TFS 2017 New Work Item Type Configuration

In TFS 2017 I just create a new work item type via power tool; I did in this way: n Visual Studio, create an XML file for your work item type. To do this, on the File menu, click New, and then click File. In the New File dialog box, under…
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TFPT not working with VS2015

I am using Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Power Tools 2015 and the explorer extension and the command line tool is not working. When i type tfpt in Devleoper Command Prompt for VS2015, i get the following error. Unhandled Exception:…
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PowerTools Update-TfsWorkspace does not get latest

I'm trying to use PowerTools Update-TfsWorkspace, and as the title suggests, it doesn't work. Example, I have a co-worker check a file into $/Contoso/Dev/Test. In source control, I can see it grayed out, indicating that while it's there, I don't…
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TFS Power Tools 2008 Powershell Snapin won't run in on 64-bit in Windows 2008 R2

I've installed TFS Power Tools 2008 along with its PowerShell integration features on my Windows 2008 R2 developer machine. When I try to run the following command to enable the snapin: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell in the…
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What does /recursive actually do in Team Foundation Server Power Tools?

I regularly use Team Foundation Server Power Tools to run a scorch, treeclean, uu, etc.. Most of these tools have an option for /recursive that is described as /recursive Switch from one level of recursion to full recursion I've scoured the…
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Given a TFS changeset, how can I find what work item(s) it is linked to?

It's easy to see what changesets are linked to a given work item. But is it possible, given a changeset, to find out what work item(s) it is linked to?
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Count lines of code for each user on Visual Studio Team Services

Is there any way to find out how many lines of code each user from Visual Studio Team Services has written? Just like GITHUB does? (example : 60 commits / 61,834 ++ / 3,943 -- ) If this can't be done on Visual Studio Team Services, is there any way…
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Remove unchanged (content same) from pending files list in Visual Studio?

This is not a duplicate of an existing and answered question, like this one. It is well known that VS pending files list shows all checked-out files, some of them might have no edits at all. And the recommended solution to remove those files without…
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Detect file delete changes with TFS API (automated, without VS interaction)

I have a local folder within the tfs workspace and use the TFS-API. Every night i do delete this folder and and after that script a database as .sql files. If now something was added or edited, the changes will be found and get into the pending…
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