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Asked: 2026-05-25T00:04:56+00:00

How do I view all unversioned/uncontrolled files using TFS 2010 and VS 2010? The

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How do I view all unversioned/uncontrolled files using TFS 2010 and VS 2010?

The problem that I am currently running into is after creating a new controller and view using the context menu (MVC3) I decided to roll back all those files by undoing the add in my pending changes window. I found that the files were no longer in TFS but are still on the disk. I would like to see the files that are currently on the disk but not versioned by TFS.

This is trivial in Subversion and Git (these files will always appear unless told to explicitly ignore them) but I am not seeing an option to view these in TFS – they do not appear under in my Pending Changes view. I am new to TFS so I assume I am just missing something.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you are trying to determine all of the files which exist on your filesystem within a project folder that are NOT in TFS,

    1. Open visual studio

    2. Open Team Explorer (ctrl-w, m)

    3. Go into "Source Control"

    4. Navigate to the folder you want to find the unversioned files within.

    5. In the top bar there is an icon with two folders and a magnifying glass between them, hinttexted "compare folders"

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    6. Compare "Source Path:" of whatever it suggests (probably server version) against "Target Path:" of your local version.

    It will highlight all the differences within those folders. Any files which exist in the right hand (local) column are files which are not currently stored in TFS.

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