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Asked: 2026-05-25T06:10:36+00:00

I’m having problems with TFS when adding new files or folders to my solution.

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I’m having problems with TFS when adding new files or folders to my solution.

When any other people in the team try to “get latest” it updates every changed file but it doesn’t download the new added files!!

If we go to the Source Control explorer, the new files appear as “not downloaded”… and if we force it to download, then we have to include the file in the project in his machine too.

I can’t believe this is the normal behavior for TFS (I think this is basic) so I assume we are doing something wrong… Any idea of what’s happening??

Thanks in advance 😉

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  1. Editorial Team

    Have you also checked in the project file to which the added files are related? In Solution Explorer these files will only be available if they are also in the local project file. Also check if the user attempting to download has the project file checked out already.

    Update:
    From within Solution Explorer you’ll only get what’s required for the referenced files in the .proj file. For Source Control Explorer yes it should get those files if you’ve never downloaded them before. Best way to be sure is rather than just do Get Latest (which tries to sync what it understands server side about your local workspace with the server) do a Get Specific Version -> Latest Version. This way you can “force” download of all project files irrespective of existing workspace status.

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