Not mapped but still mapped

Question

I had mapped a directory to my local drive. But now a day later, it says not mapped and hence I am unable to check out files. However, when I try to map it again, it says it is already mapped.  I’ve tried the following steps, but they don’t resolve the problem (ie when trying to map it, it says its already mapped)

Delete the local directories and file.

File -> Source Control -> Workspaces …. I click the Edit button and remove the directory from the Working  Folders list.

Remove the Workspace entirely, then Add the workspace back

Disconnect from the Server and then reconnect

Remove the Server then add it back

Can anyone suggest what else to try?

Answer 1

Is that directory mapped to another project, workspace, team project or tfs server?

Note - if the directory is mapped by some one else as well you will not be able to remap it. 

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Answer 2

It is not mapped to anything else. "Remove Mapping" is not displayed in the menu when I right click on the directory in TFS.

I just tried deleting VersionControl.config, but still the same problem. That file now looks like this (I changed the actual info for security reasons):

<VersionControlServer>
  <Servers>
    <ServerInfo uri="http://aaaaa1.bbb.cd:8080/tfs/projects" repositoryGuid="eeeeeeee-ffff-gggg-hhhh-1234567890">
      <WorkspaceInfo name="AAAAAAAAAA" ownerName="BBB\1111" computer="AAAAAAAAAA" comment="" LastSavedCheckinTimeStamp="0001-01-01T00:00:00Z">
        <MappedPaths />
      </WorkspaceInfo>
    </ServerInfo>
  </Servers>
</VersionControlServer>

Previously there were mapped paths like so:

   <MappedPath path="C:\MyCompany\MySourceCode" />

but no longer. Nonetheless, it still thinks it is mapped.

Answer 3

Please run the workfold command and share a screen shot with us. 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE>tf.exe workfold "C:/blah/path of drive you had mapped" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0fa04bx6(v=vs.100).aspx

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Answer 4

Sample screen shot https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=61D0A67D27B527D3&id=61D0A67D27B527D3%21452

 

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Answer 5

Thanks for your replies, I really appreciate your help.

Executing that command it says:

There is no working folder mapping for C:\MyCompany\MySourceCode

So there's no memory of it there. Are there registry entries associated with the mappings?

Answer 6

Hi Falsedmitri, 

Thanks for your post.

Try to copy your MySourceCode folder to another local path, then delete this folder under C:\MyCompany\. And remove the Working Folders in your current Workspace(or delete Workspace entirely).

Clean the Cache manually:

1. Clean the Cache folder on client computer. The folder path is: C:\Users\username(Team Explorer user name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\3.0\Cache(os: Windows Server 2008 R2)
2. Clean the Cache folder on Server machine. The folder path is: C:\Users\username(Web access user name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\3.0\Cache(os: Windows Server 2008 R2)
3. After cleaned, on Server machine, click Startand select Run… to open the dialog box, then input iisreset.exeand click OK, wait it run completely.

Then connect to TFS and re-mapping your TFS Source file to C:\MyCompany\MySourceCode folder again. 

If you have any further research of this issue, please share your experience here.    

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Answer 7

Thanks for your reply. The contents of my Cache directory are shown below. By "Clean the Cache folder", do you mean delete all files and directories shown here?

03/09/2012  08:39 AM    <DIR>          .
03/09/2012  08:39 AM    <DIR>          ..
03/06/2012  08:54 AM    <DIR>          bba3fc6e-c136-4634-a47d-edc87b01eea6
03/09/2012  07:03 AM    <DIR>          bba3fc6e-c136-4634-a47d-edc87b01eea6_http
03/05/2012  05:24 PM    <DIR>          cf2a187d-ab13-46f0-85e7-29fbe059b28a
03/05/2012  05:24 PM               518 LocationServerMap.xml
03/06/2012  08:54 AM               210 ServerMap.xml
03/08/2012  03:40 PM               601 UISettings.Config
03/09/2012  07:33 AM               784 VersionControl.config
03/07/2012  10:39 AM               758 VersionControl.config.bak
03/08/2012  08:10 AM                37 WorkItemHistory_bba3fc6e-c136-4634-a47d-edc87b01eea6.config
               7 File(s)          2,908 bytes
               5 Dir(s)  220,703,760,384 bytes free

Answer 8

Hi Falsedmitri, 

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, you can try to delete that all files which under …3.0\Cache folder.  

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Answer 9

Hi Falsedmitri,

Have you tried that?

If you have any further research of this issue, please share your experience here.  

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Answer 10

I haven't tried it yet. We are about to do a release, and I don't won't to mess anything up. I will try it when the release it out.