How to update TFS workspace after computer name ch

Question

I renamed my computer name, and now my TFS workspace is broken in Visual Studio 2012.

When I type:

tf workspaces /computer:ABOTONJIC-PC /owner:* /format:detailed

Workspace  : ABOTONJIC-PC
Owner      : [e-mail]
Computer   : ABOTONJIC-PC
Comment    :
Collection : netuse.visualstudio.com\DefaultCollection
Permissions: Private
Location   : Local
File Time  : Current

But I need to have :

Owner      : [e-mail]
Computer   : NEW-PC

Then I try:

tf workspaces /updateComputerName:ABOTONJIC-PC /collection:netuse.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection

No workspace matching *;[e-mail] on computer NEW-PC found in Team Foundation Server netuse.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection.

So my question are :

1. How to update computer name in my workspace?
2. Why TFS still shows "[e-mail]" in workspace although there is new email registered as "[e-mail]"?

Answer 1

I had the same issue, also a VisualStudio.com account.

I've tried what the prompt told me :

Like so :

tf workspaces /updateComputerName:MyOldComputerName

but I got back :

The /collection option must be specified whenever /updateComputerName or /updateUserName is specified.

In order to get the collection name I ran :

tf workspaces

which listed my collections and I got the name of my collection (...myusername.visualstudio.com...)

Then I ran :

tf workspaces /collection:http://myusername.visualstudio.com /updateComputerName:MyOldComputerName

Didn't work as I got this:

TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: http://myusername.visuals tudio.com/defaultcollection. Team Foundation Server Url: http://myusername.visualstudio.com/defaultcollection.

Possible reasons for failure include: - The name, port number, or protocol for the Team Foundation Server is incorrect - The Team Foundation Server is offline. - The password has expired or is incorrect.

Technical information (for administrator): The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.

Then I noticed that I've typed http instead of https, corrected, retried and it worked!

Answer 2

To get this to work in Visual Studio 2017 use the following (new location)

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\TF.exe workspaces /collection:https://youraccountnamehere.visualstudio.com /updateComputerName:OLD-COMPUTERNAME

Hope this saves someone some time!

Answer 3

Look at this link

Vaccano said :

This command did the trick:

tf workspaces /updateComputerName:MyOldComputerName 
/s:"http://MyServer:8080/tfs/MyCollection"

It had to be run from the computer I wanted to assign the workspace to (that is how it gets the new computer name. >

Answer 4

In

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE>

run in CMD as admin this command

tf workspaces /collection:https://SERVER_NAME.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection /updateComputerName:OLD_COMPUTER_NAME

Answer 5

tf workspaces /updateComputerName:REPLCATEOLDCOMPUTERNAMEHERE /collection:REPLACETFSURL

example:

tf workspaces /updateComputerName:DESKTOP-42CLO97 /collection:https://testuserxx.visualstudio.com

VS2017

Answer 6

I installed Sidekicks. It did not work for this issue, but this did:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE>tf workspaces /updateComputerName:OldComputerName /s:"https://tfsServerName"