TFS Power Tools: Shell Extension : Context Menu Quirky and TFS Icons on Files/Folders missing

Question

I've used TFS Power Tools on a daily basis for several months. I particularly depend on Windows Shell Extension.

For about a week now, two issues have come up:

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Issue 1

Every time I enter a directory under TFS control, I have to right-click twice to see the TFS context menu

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Issue 2

My pretty TFS Green indicators on files/folders are gone:

I've downloaded and reinstalled the Power Tools, but I still have these two issues.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?

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**UPDATE**

Dave gave me the answer via link. Just in case that link goes bad, here is the answer:

1. Open the registry
2. Go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer \ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
3. Prefix any "Tfs" folder with numbers (“1TfsOverlayAdd” , “2TfsOverlayEdit” etc.). This allows them to take priority over other icon overlays.

4. Restart the machine or kill explorer.exe and restart it

   

As far as the delay issue is concerned, I'm not experiencing that this morning; which is odd. I question that the solution for the overlay was also the solution for the right-clicking.

Everything's back to normal now so I am good to go.

Solution

The missing green icons can be explained here. It is because Windows has a limit of overlay icons it supports. The details on how to fix it are in that blog post.

How long are you waiting after entering a folder before you perform the first Right Click? It sometimes takes a while for the TfsComProviderSvr.exe to check if the local folder is a workspace and register the shell extension.