TFS Power Tools 2010 - Windows shell extension in Windows 7: in Explorer proper only?

Question

I installed the Power Tools for VS 2010 on my laptop running Win7. Sure enough, my Windows Explorer is now showing the overlay icons for TFS and I can access TFS features from its context menu.

But when I open an Open File dialog in an application, or see any other screen showing a browsable folder/file interface, I see neither the overlay icons nor the context menu extension. I did see those in Windows XP, and it's a major hassle for me that I now don't: I edit my files in a separate application (XMetaL) and I'd like to check out and check in without having to switch apps. Running XMetaL in admin mode doesn't change anything.

Can anyone tell me if I can fix this? Is this a limitation in Windows 7?

Thanks for your help,

Mathijs

Answer 1

Same here!

Answer 2

Windows only supports 15 registered icon overlays (four of which are reserved) and that if these are all used, you may not see the icons. Check: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers

Answer 3

Hello!

Have same problem here.

Have checked that registry -

 

 

 

I have 12 sub-folders there. Is it an issue ?

 

Thanks

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Alexander Yaremchuk

Answer 4

Thank you very much for that hint. That explains why I can see the icons on some machines and not on others.