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October 07, 2008  
Subject: VSDMI file gets checkout and locked by opening Test Explorer
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 6/8/2008 2:18:00 PM
From: =?Utf-8?B?SWdvcg==?= [Email Address Protection]

Hello,
I am not sure if this discussion group is the right one.
We have a very annoying problem with VSDMI files. Every time a developer
opens the Test Explorer (just opens) in VSTS the VSMDI file gets checked out
and LOCKED AUTOMATICALLY in TFS. Then if another developer opens the Test
Explorer, VS tries to check out the same VSDMI file, which is locked by the
first developer. After failed checkout VS creates a new additional VSMDI
file, e.g. first VSDMI file name is "Master.vsdmi" the new file will get the
name "Master1.vsmdi", for the next developer it would be "Master2.vsmdi" and
so on. VS adds this file also automatically to the solution and sometimes
..sln file gets screwed up and we have to recreate the solution again and
again.
Environment:
-TFS 2008
-VSTS 2008
-WIN XP SP2
- 10 Developers
- Multiple projects in solution with multiple unit test projects.

We had the same problem also with TFS 2005 and VSTS 2005.
It is very annoying problem and I could not find any working solution on the
web right now.
How can we prevent the VSDMI file being automatically locked?
I read these posts already and they do not fix the problem:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=513572&SiteID=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=499083&SiteID=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2722750&SiteID=1
https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/viewfeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=197688&wa=wsignin1.0&siteid=210
http://207.46.196.83/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&SiteID=1&PageID=1&PostID=499083




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