{"id":1101,"date":"2013-04-23T09:58:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T08:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ridgesolutions.ie\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2013-10-05T14:09:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T13:09:49","slug":"visual-studio-2010-tfs-the-associated-source-control-plug-in-is-not-installed-or-could-not-be-initialized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ridgesolutions.ie\/index.php\/2013\/04\/23\/visual-studio-2010-tfs-the-associated-source-control-plug-in-is-not-installed-or-could-not-be-initialized\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2010, TFS – The associated source control plug-in is not installed or could not be initialized."},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently started getting the following error when opening a solution in Visual Studio 2010:<\/p>\n

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“The associated source control plug-in is not installed or could not be initialized. Common causes for this error include server unavailability and\/or incorrect workspace mappings”<\/p>\n

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I had just installed Visual Studio 2012 and was worried this had caused the problem in VS2010, but now thankfully I think that it was just a coincidence, from my research this error seems to pop up frequently enough all on its own.<\/p>\n

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So, more information on how to fix the problem can be found here:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/5081405\/tfs-error-source-control-unable-to-access-database<\/a><\/p>\n

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But in summary the way I was able to fix it was to edit the solution file by hand and remove the following section:<\/p>\n

 #\r\n\tGlobalSection(TeamFoundationVersionControl) = preSolution\r\n\t\tSccNumberOfProjects = 99\r\n\t\tSccEnterpriseProvider = {4CA58AB2-18FA-4F8D-95D4-32DDF27D184C}\r\n\r\n\t\t... Blah Blah Blah.....\r\n\r\n\tEndGlobalSection\r\n#<\/pre>\n
Once I had changed the solution file, I loaded it up in Visual Studio and put it on-line with TFS by choosing the File -> Source Control -> Go Online menu item.<\/p>\n
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Now my solution was back to normal and happily reconnected to TFS.<\/p>\n
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I was mightily relieved to get rid of that annoying problem, so many thanks to all at stackoverflow<\/a>!<\/p>\n
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