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Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server : Fix bindings in solution file

For some time, I had an error when opening a specific Visual Studio solution. After a problematic merge operation, the Team Foundation Server Source Control binding information inside my solution file didn’t match with the projects I had in my solution.

If I opened up the sln file, I could find the following section:

Global
    GlobalSection(TeamFoundationVersionControl) = preSolution
        SccNumberOfProjects = 92
        SccEnterpriseProvider = {4CA58AB2-18FA-4F8D-95D4-32DDF27D184C}
        SccTeamFoundationServer = http://mytfsserver:8080/tfs/defaultcollection
        SccLocalPath0 = .

The number of projects(92) was complete wrong. Visual Studio told me there should be 68 projects:

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I found an easy solution to fix this:

  • Close the solution in Visual Studio
  • Check out the .sln file. Open it with your favorite text editor.
  • Remove the GlobalSection(TeamFoundationVersionControl) section completely.
  • Close the .sln file and open the solution in Visual Studio.
  • The solution file is now no longer bound to Team Foundation Server so we should fix the binding.
  • Inside Visual Studio, go to File –> Source Control –> Advanced –> Change Source Control…
  • On the Change Source Control screen, select the .sln file and click on the Bind button

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  • This will recreate the GlobalSection(TeamFoundationVersionControl) inside your solution file:

Global
    GlobalSection(TeamFoundationVersionControl) = preSolution
        SccNumberOfProjects = 68
        SccEnterpriseProvider = {4CA58AB2-18FA-4F8D-95D4-32DDF27D184C}
        SccTeamFoundationServer = http://mytfsserver:8080/tfs/defaultcollection
        SccProjectUniqueName0

  • Check in the updated .sln.
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