Files are locked in TFVC by another user

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Posted on by Jason0810M

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Hello,

I am having an issue with VS 2019 TFVC.

Every objects are configured such that anyone who edits a particular object (class, table, project, etc), the files are locked to that user in the workspace.

Other users cannot perform modification on that particular object.

I have an external user who was using a virtual machine and there were some objects that were locked in that workspace.

Before leaving the company, he has deleted the virtual machine dev09 but the files that were locked are still locked in that workspace (dev09).
His workspace was set to private and it inaccessible to anyone.
Is there any way to fix this issue and unlock these files as we are in need to edit some of the objects for development?

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Anthony Blake 2,212 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at

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Files are locked in TFVC by another user

Make sure your workspaces are set to public to avoid in future, you probably know that now but this is something I've had multiple times in the past.

Try this:

tf vc workspaces "<ENVIRONMENTNAME>;<USER>" /computer:* /format:xml /collection:https://YOURPROJECT.visualstudio.com/

This should give you an xml output so you can get the owner ID

Then use this command to delete the workspace:

tf workspace /delete "<ENVIRONMENTNAME>;<OWNERID>" /collection:https://YOURPROJECT.visualstudio.com/

I've found these a real pain to clean up, it may be worth deploying a new dev environment.

Other suggestions:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/226288/team-build-error-the-path-is-already-mapped-to-workspace

From the link:

You can get a list of all workspaces by bringing up a Visual Studio Command Prompt then changing to your workspace folder and issuing the following commands:

C:\YourWorkspaceFolder>tf workspaces /owner:*

You should see your problem workspace in the list as well as it's owner.

You can delete the workspace with the following command:

C:\YourWorkspaceFolder>tf workspace /delete /server:BUILDSERVER WORKSPACENAME;OWNERNAME
Jason0810M 250 on at

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Files are locked in TFVC by another user

Hello Martin,

I have tried to ask the admin team to unlock as I don't have the rights but they are unable to run the command to unlock for this particular user/workspace and the account has been deleted from the system.
It seems that deletion of the workspace is the only solution now.
Martin Dráb 230,445 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Files are locked in TFVC by another user

It's possible, either from Source Control Explorer or command line, you just need UnlockOther permission.

With sufficient permissions, you can also delete someone else's workspace.