Can't remove workspace from TFS

Question

I want to add my project from Visual Studio 2012 to my TFS server, but it says the path is already mapped for workspace pc;administrator (this is a local workspace).

I have tried the command tool tf but it says that there are no workspaces, so I can't delete the workspace that is conflicting.

I'm running Windows 8 with Visual Studio 2012. TFS is on a windows server 2012.

Answer 1

1. First we will check the list of workspaces from VS 2015 Developer command prompt,

   Ex - tf workspaces /owner:*

2. Now we will get the xml format from VS 2017 Developer command prompt which will have ‘owner id’ for the particular workspace,

   Example 1 - tf.exe workspaces /owner:* /computer:ComputerName /collection:https://YOUR-TFS-URL.visualstudio.com /format:xml

3. We can now delete the workspace for the particular user,

   Example 1- Tf workspace /delete ComputerName;[email protected] /server:"https://URL.visualstudio.com"

   OR

   Example 2 - Tf workspace /delete ComputerName;1e178c77-bb8b-6f05-bf99
   /server:https://URL.visualstudio.com

   (Where 1e178c77-bb8b-6f05-bf99 is ID of the workspace which you get from Step 2 XML format)

4. Again we will check the list of workspaces from VS 2015 Developer command prompt,

   Ex - tf workspaces /owner:*

Answer 2

Simplest way to do this is to go to your AppData and delete the TFS cache (depending on the version 3.0 or 4.0)

C:\Users{UserName}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\3.0\Cache or C:\Users{UserName}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\4.0\Cache

Answer 3

The problem is that the current project location, the folder on your physical machine, is mapped to a different TFS server. To add it to source control you need to move it to a physical location not associated with a TFS server.

Edit To remove the offending workspace:

1) Use the "Team" menu to connect to the TFS Server that you do NOT want to be mapped to

2) Use ctrl+q --> workspaces to access the workspaces menu

3) Remove the workspace

4) Change to the TFS Server you WANT to be mapped to using the "Team" menu again

5) ctrl+q --> workspaces

6) Add a new workspace