TFS Power Tools: Shell Extension : Context Menu Quirky and TFS Icons on Files/Folders missing

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ray picture ray · May 4, 2012 · Viewed 39.3k times · Source

I've used TFS Power Tools on a daily basis for several months. I particularly depend on Windows Shell Extension.

For about a week now, two issues have come up:

Issue 1

Every time I enter a directory under TFS control, I have to right-click twice to see the TFS context menu enter image description here

Issue 2

My pretty TFS Green indicators on files/folders are gone:

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I've downloaded and reinstalled the Power Tools, but I still have these two issues.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?

**UPDATE**

Dave gave me the answer via link. Just in case that link goes bad, here is the answer:

  1. Open the registry
  2. Go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer \ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
  3. Prefix any "Tfs" folder with numbers (“1TfsOverlayAdd” , “2TfsOverlayEdit” etc.). This allows them to take priority over other icon overlays.

  4. Restart the machine or kill explorer.exe and restart it

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As far as the delay issue is concerned, I'm not experiencing that this morning; which is odd. I question that the solution for the overlay was also the solution for the right-clicking.

Everything's back to normal now so I am good to go.

Answer

DaveShaw picture DaveShaw · May 4, 2012

The missing green icons can be explained here. It is because Windows has a limit of overlay icons it supports. The details on how to fix it are in that blog post.

How long are you waiting after entering a folder before you perform the first Right Click? It sometimes takes a while for the TfsComProviderSvr.exe to check if the local folder is a workspace and register the shell extension.

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