Hi, how can I unlock files which are exclusively checked out by another user?

Thx, Petr

If the team project is set up to disallow multiple checkout, you'll have to undo the other user's change. Otherwise, you'll have to unlock it. The first requires "UndoOther" permission on the file, while the latter requires "UnlockOther". In either case, you'll have to use the command line to unlock the file.

The syntax for undoing another user's change is:
tf undo $/Project/folder/file.txt /workspace:WorkspaceName;DOMAIN\username /s:servername

The syntax for unlocking another user's lock is:
tf lock /lock:none $/Project/folder/file.txt /workspace:WorkspaceName;DOMAIN\username /s:servername

Note that the WorkspaceName and username have to be the names of the workspace and user which have the file locked. You can find this out by running "tf status /workspace:* $/Project/folder/file.txt".

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Adam

Are they DLLs that are being placed in the /bin directory by the build as a result of references the web project has to other projects (e.g. a reference to a class library)?

There have been some bugs where such files are incorrectly identified as being source-controllable and have Source Control pending adds created for them.

There is a hotfix available (915110) that resolves some of these scenarios. We have since identified additional scenarios that were not covered by the hotfix, and a second hotfix is in the works to cover those.

--Ben Ryan