Shell Extension : Not showing in Windows Explorer context

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KP1 picture KP1 · Apr 19, 2013 · Viewed 69.1k times · Source

I have Windows 7 Professional x64. I have Visual Studio 2010 Premium and Visual Studio 2012 Premium installed on my machine.

I installed TFS Power Tools Decemeber 2011. I restarted my computer after successful installation. I then checked out a folder from TFS 2010 but the TFS menu items in Windows Explorer context menu do not appear when i right click on the folder.

I even reinstalled it by uinstalling it, restarting the pc and installing it again then restarting it again but same issue.

I have followed the instructions outlined in here: TFS Power Tools: Shell Extension : Context Menu Quirky and TFS Icons on Files/Folders missing

But same issue same issue occurs. Would anyone know what else i can do to get the TFS menu items to appear in the context menu please?

Thanks in advance,

Answer

Raymund picture Raymund · Jun 17, 2013

I am not sure if this would help or you are willing to use a new version but I had the exact same environment and issue with you.

What I had done is that I uninstalled the old TFS Power Tools ( listed with a "Microsoft Team Foundation Server" prefix and/or "Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server" in Control-Panel/Programs-and-Features ) and install a newer version which is RTM. You can download them at http://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/download/details.aspx?id=35775 and install the following in the same order listed below

  1. Team Foundation Server 2012 RTM Power Tools.msi
  2. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 Power Tools.msi
  3. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 2 Power Tools.msi

Close Visual Studio before you start then restart after installing, you should see your context menu afterwards together with the green arrow that indicates it is in TFS

Here is a screenshot of it

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Also please take note that after installation this would not happen instantaneously as advised on this post: TFS Power Tools: Shell Extension : Context Menu Quirky and TFS Icons on Files/Folders missing

It sometimes takes a while for the TfsComProviderSvr.exe to check if the local folder is a workspace and register the shell extension.

So this depends on many variables, your TFS server speed, your machine speed and your network speed. In my case I left it overnight to fully show everything.

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