I'm attempting to open a solution in a local workspace, and Visual Studio 2017 just hangs with this message in the lower left corner:
Here are my configurations:
How do I get my solution to build?
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how big is the solution? – Ken Tucker Nov 22 '17 at 16:30
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it's under 100 files, approx 6 projects – Alex Gordon Nov 22 '17 at 16:32
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is there anything else in your workspace? – Ken Tucker Nov 22 '17 at 16:34
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there are a couple hundred thousand files in the workspace, however the problem started when i opened this same solution from a different machine, using the same tfs credentials. does that make sense? – Alex Gordon Nov 22 '17 at 16:36
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1local workspaces do not work well with that many files. – Ken Tucker Nov 22 '17 at 16:44
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so would the solution be to create more granular workspaces? – Alex Gordon Nov 22 '17 at 17:24
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1@l--''''''---------'''''''''''' Have you resolved the issue by Tomhans's answer below? Any update? – Andy Li-MSFT Nov 24 '17 at 09:35
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It's not a good choice to keep a couple hundred thousand files in TFS local workspace.
When might I need to use a server workspace?
When you use a server workspace, Visual Studio keeps only one copy of each file. This can significantly reduce disk space usage and improve performance when you have a lot of items. We recommend that you use a server workspace if:
Your workspace contains more than 100,000 items.
You want to use Visual Studio 2010 or earlier versions to work with the workspace.
- You need to use the Enable get latest on check-out option.
The documentation is from here. You should either use server workspace or create more granular local workspaces to work out this problem.
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