Change computer name for a TFS Workspace

tfsworkspace

My System Administrator renamed my computer. So where it was "MyLaptop2" it is now just "MyLaptop".

So now all my source control bindings and checked out files are looking for a workspace with "MyLaptop2".

Is there a way to redirect that workspace to my renamed (but still the same) computer?

This command run in the Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio did the trick:

tf workspaces /updateComputerName:MyOldComputerName /s:"http://MyServer:8080/tfs/MyCollection"

It had to be run from the computer I wanted to assign the workspace to (that is how it gets the new computer name.

Create a new workspace on B, copy the directories over from A and use team foundation power tools 2008 to checkout all modified files:

Open a cmd window, then

cd c:\wherever\your\workspace\is
tfpt online /recursive /adds /deletes /diff .

tfpt will analyze a directory tree and checkout any modified file for edit (and optionally also "add" or "delete" files as necessary.)

make sure you verify what tfpt did, before you check in

If the workspace is lost, then I would just delete it. Deleting it undoes any changes that were made in it.

tf workspace /delete WorkspaceName;WorkspaceOwner