How Microsoft TFS appears in the context menu of Windows

How to showing in Windows Explorer context for TFS

I am not sure if this would help or is willing to use a new version but I had the exact same environment and issue WI Th you.

What I had do is this I uninstalled the old TFS Power Tools (listed with a "Microsoft Team Foundation Server" prefix an d/or "Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server" in control-panel/programs-and-features) and install a newer version  which is RTM. You can download them @ http://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/download/details.aspx?id=35775 and install the following in the SA Me order listed below

1. Team Foundation Server-RTM Power Tools.msi
2. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Update 1 Power tools.msi
3. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Update 2 Power Tools.msi

Close Visual Studio Before you start then restart after installing, you should see your context menu afterwards together W ITH the green arrow that indicates it's in TFS

Here is a screenshot of it

Why am I not seeing the Icon Overlays in Shell Extensions TFS Power tools?

This issue has been reported multiple times and I just wanted to get why it's happening out there:

• Windows allows a maximum of overlays in the system even windows 7 (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/200 9/12/09/9934348.aspx for more information on the and why)
• So basically the shell respects the first of the overlays in the system (sorted in alphabetical order)
• To find the icon overlays in the system can go to "hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explor Er \shelliconoverlayidentifiers "on your machine and figure out how many overlays is installed
• If you had Dropbox, Groove or tortoise SVN installed the number of overlays intalled in the system would exceed 15. But Windows would only respect the fist to alphabetical order. We name Our overlays "Tfsoverlayadd", "Tfsoverlayedit" etc. and tortoise SVN name their overlays "1TortoiseNormal", "2Tort Oisemodified "etc. So alphabetically they come as top as possible in the list. And we usually end up being bumped down the list and thus a subset or all of overlays might do work if tortoise SVN or Dr OP box is installed.

To fix the problem using a hacky solution your can (Note:this is really a hacky solution and the product were not designed For this):

1. Open the Registry
2. Go To:hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer \shelliconoverlayidentifiers
3. Rename our icon overlays to "1TfsOverlayAdd", "2TfsOverlayEdit" etc. to bump us up the list
4. Restart the machine or kill Explorer.exe and Restart it

How Microsoft TFS appears in the context menu of Windows