Team Build Error The Path is already mapped to workspace

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When creating a new build in Team Foundation Server  I get the following error when attempting to run the new build      The path   C  Build ProductReleases FullBuildv5 4 2x Sources   is already mapped to workspace   BuildServer 23    I am unable to see a workspace by that name in the workspaces dialog

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If you don t have permissions on the server to delete other people s workspaces  you can just change the name of the build definition  TFS will create a new workspace and map it to  C  Build ProductReleases new build name here Sources

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the rest was fairly easy   Simply go to this folder   C  Users UserName  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 4 Cache  and delete all that s in the folder

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I had this issue with this with Azure DevOps automated builds in an on-prem TFS build agent  Removing the workspace using TFS Sidekicks did not work  And tf exe could not even find the workspace to delete it   This solution should work for TFS 2017  TFS 2018  Azure DevOps  and possibly other versions    Take note of the workspace GUID in the error message  On the machine where the build is taking place  navigate to    USERPROFILE  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation   where  USERPROFILE  belongs to the user that triggered the build   Search for and remove all instances of the workspace GUID under that directory   There will likely be a folder in a  cache  directory  as well as entries in  LocationServerMap xml  and  LocalItemExclusions config   Remove them all    That worked in my circumstance

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I was getting an exception telling me that the file was already mapped in another workspace   The path  File Path  is already mapped in workspace  Workspace Name     This workspace was deleted beofre  With the help of friend of mine I found out that TFS save workspace info under the user local settings dir  We found a file named   VersionControl config under  User Documents and Settings dir  Local Settings Application Data Microsoft Team Foundation 1 0 Cache  This file contains all the local mapping of TFS  Probably when you use the Map method and don t use  public void DeleteMapping WorkingFolder mapping   before deleting the workspace the mapping information is not removed from this file which is used by TFS to check if you ve alreay mapped a specific path   To resolve this problem delete all the keys from the config file  Don t delete the file because you ll get it again from the server cache

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I changed  Build Definition - gt  Workspace - gt  Build Agent Folder   from  c  some path   to    SourceDir    and it fixed the issue

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While trying to  Get latest version  of a project which I had previously mapped to a local directory and then deleted  I saw this same error message  First I tried the SideKick tool and then the Visual Studio 2010 command prompt  both of which told me I had no workspaces mapped   Next I searched for  VersionControl config  within c  users myuser appdata  and deleted the 4 references it found  I re-opened Visual Studio and I was able to re-map the project  no more error

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Just delete the contents of the following folder s    C  Users UserName AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 3 0 Cache  Where UserName is actual or current user  and 3 0 is the version number

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TDN s solution worked for me when I was having the same issue  The Build server created workspaces under my account  Checking this box allowed me to see and delete them

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Use the command line utility TF - Team Foundation Version Control Tool  tf    You can get a list of all workspaces by bringing up a Visual Studio Command Prompt then changing to your workspace folder and issuing the following commands   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspaces  owner     You should see your problem workspace in the list as well as it s owner   You can delete the workspace with the following command   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspace  delete  server BUILDSERVER WORKSPACENAME OWNERNAME

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Deleting the workspace and cache was not sufficient for me  I had to also restart the  quot Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Host quot  service

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I received this error  which was caused by having two build definitions that pointed to the same source   The issue was that I used a static build directory in the Build Agent   This forum post describes my issue and resolution exactly  http   social msdn microsoft com Forums en-US tfsbuild thread 60a4138a-9b28-4c46-bdf4-f9775ce43c3e

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If applicable  you can also clone the build definition and change its name   This workded for me

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I received this error  which was caused by having two build definitions that pointed to the same source   The issue was that I used a static build directory in the Build Agent   This forum post describes my issue and resolution exactly  http   social msdn microsoft com Forums en-US tfsbuild thread 60a4138a-9b28-4c46-bdf4-f9775ce43c3e

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I received this error  which was caused by having two build definitions that pointed to the same source   The issue was that I used a static build directory in the Build Agent   This forum post describes my issue and resolution exactly  http   social msdn microsoft com Forums en-US tfsbuild thread 60a4138a-9b28-4c46-bdf4-f9775ce43c3e

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I tried all the following solutions such as     Use sidekicks to delete WS  Use tf commands to delete remote server workspaces  Delete the TFS cache folder    The following worked for me   tf workspaces  remove

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I changed  Build Definition - gt  Workspace - gt  Build Agent Folder   from  c  some path   to    SourceDir    and it fixed the issue

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If applicable  you can also clone the build definition and change its name   This workded for me

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Simplest way to do this is to go to your AppData and delete the TFS cache  depending on the version 3 0 or 4 0   C  Users UserName  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 3 0 Cache  or  C  Users UserName  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 4 0 Cache

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We had the same problem but deleting the workspace s from the TFS server did not work    I should mention that I grabbed my colleagues VM that was already set up with his credentials    For me this worked  http   blogs msdn com b buckh archive 2006 09 12 path-is-already-mapped-in-workspace aspx  I just went into the       Local Settings Application Data  made a search for VersionControl config  opened up the folder that contained this file and deleted all of it s contents    Previous to that I tried manually editing the file but it continued with the same error message   I hope this helps

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I received this error  which was caused by having two build definitions that pointed to the same source   The issue was that I used a static build directory in the Build Agent   This forum post describes my issue and resolution exactly  http   social msdn microsoft com Forums en-US tfsbuild thread 60a4138a-9b28-4c46-bdf4-f9775ce43c3e

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For some reason I was having trouble deleting the workspace from the command-line utility   Luckily I found Team Foundation Sidekicks 2010  from this post  which is free and provides a GUI for viewing and deleting TFS workspaces  and many more useful TFS features

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I had a similar issue and to remove the workspace that was causing me a problem  I logged into another machine with TFS client installed and performed the following    On the File menu  point to Source Control  Advanced  and then click Workspaces       In the Manage Workspaces dialog box  tick the Show remote packages checkbox   Under the Name column  select the workspace that you want to remove  and then click Remove   In the Confirmation dialog box  click OK

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Simply delete the workspace   workspace  delete  the-workspace-name

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I had a similar problem with Visual Studio 2010 complaining about an already-mapped-workspace  but instead of deleting the entire workspace  I used the following from the Visual Studio Command Prompt   tf workspace PROBLEM WORKSPACE NAME   This brought up an  Edit Workspace  dialog   From there I was able to remove the path in question from the  Working Folders  list  which got rid of the error

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I couldn t get any other solution to work   I had a new account created and the old account no longer had permissions  both on same machine    I tried  1  Deleting the workspace  couldn t see in VS with or without remote workspaces checked  2  Deleting from the command line 3  New owner command 4  Deleting the cache  So I simply opened VS as admin and mapped to a different folder

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I had a similar problem with Visual Studio 2010 complaining about an already-mapped-workspace  but instead of deleting the entire workspace  I used the following from the Visual Studio Command Prompt   tf workspace PROBLEM WORKSPACE NAME   This brought up an  Edit Workspace  dialog   From there I was able to remove the path in question from the  Working Folders  list  which got rid of the error

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My issue was related to using multiple accounts   This is how I was able to switch accounts   Open Team Explorer  From the big drop down menu near the top of the pane     Navigate to  Projects and my Teams Manage Connections  Navigate to  Manage Connections Connect to Team Project  Use the  Switch User  link to switch accounts   Now the workspace names will match the chosen account

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I had this issue with this with Azure DevOps automated builds in an on-prem TFS build agent  Removing the workspace using TFS Sidekicks did not work  And tf exe could not even find the workspace to delete it   This solution should work for TFS 2017  TFS 2018  Azure DevOps  and possibly other versions    Take note of the workspace GUID in the error message  On the machine where the build is taking place  navigate to    USERPROFILE  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation   where  USERPROFILE  belongs to the user that triggered the build   Search for and remove all instances of the workspace GUID under that directory   There will likely be a folder in a  cache  directory  as well as entries in  LocationServerMap xml  and  LocalItemExclusions config   Remove them all    That worked in my circumstance

User · Answer

Simply delete the workspace   workspace  delete  the-workspace-name

User · Answer

My issue was related to using multiple accounts   This is how I was able to switch accounts   Open Team Explorer  From the big drop down menu near the top of the pane     Navigate to  Projects and my Teams Manage Connections  Navigate to  Manage Connections Connect to Team Project  Use the  Switch User  link to switch accounts   Now the workspace names will match the chosen account

User · Answer

Use the command line utility TF - Team Foundation Version Control Tool  tf    You can get a list of all workspaces by bringing up a Visual Studio Command Prompt then changing to your workspace folder and issuing the following commands   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspaces  owner     You should see your problem workspace in the list as well as it s owner   You can delete the workspace with the following command   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspace  delete  server BUILDSERVER WORKSPACENAME OWNERNAME

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Simplest way to do this is to go to your AppData and delete the TFS cache  depending on the version 3 0 or 4 0   C  Users UserName  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 3 0 Cache  or  C  Users UserName  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 4 0 Cache

User · Answer

Here is what I did  well what I do    Using TFS Sidekicks clear out the user and server filters so they are blank  This will let you get all workspaces   Check the build error for the workspace name  In the OPs case it is BuildServer 23  It is different in my environment but basically just match up the error name with the one in the tfs sidekick list   Click the red x to delete the workspace   Viola

User · Answer

Just delete the contents of the following folder s    C  Users UserName AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 3 0 Cache  Where UserName is actual or current user  and 3 0 is the version number

User · Answer

For some reason I was having trouble deleting the workspace from the command-line utility   Luckily I found Team Foundation Sidekicks 2010  from this post  which is free and provides a GUI for viewing and deleting TFS workspaces  and many more useful TFS features

User · Answer

I couldn t get any other solution to work   I had a new account created and the old account no longer had permissions  both on same machine    I tried  1  Deleting the workspace  couldn t see in VS with or without remote workspaces checked  2  Deleting from the command line 3  New owner command 4  Deleting the cache  So I simply opened VS as admin and mapped to a different folder

User · Answer

We had the same problem but deleting the workspace s from the TFS server did not work    I should mention that I grabbed my colleagues VM that was already set up with his credentials    For me this worked  http   blogs msdn com b buckh archive 2006 09 12 path-is-already-mapped-in-workspace aspx  I just went into the       Local Settings Application Data  made a search for VersionControl config  opened up the folder that contained this file and deleted all of it s contents    Previous to that I tried manually editing the file but it continued with the same error message   I hope this helps

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I got same issue in Visual Studio 2017 and TFS 2017  DefaultCollection must be mapped first to you local path  Somehow this step was skipped and I got only MyFirstProject mapped     All you need to do is   - 1  Go to your TFS web page and remove the project from the server     - 2  Remove the project from your local  Worksapces     - 3  Go to  Manage Connections  which will refresh your Home page in TeamExplorer     - 4  You will get Configuration page which will allow you to setup root path to your DefaultCollection     - 5  You should get message that it been done successfully  Now you can create your project     It s important to map root of your collection to your workspace first and then map a new project

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TDN s solution worked for me when I was having the same issue  The Build server created workspaces under my account  Checking this box allowed me to see and delete them

User · Answer

the rest was fairly easy   Simply go to this folder   C  Users UserName  AppData Local Microsoft Team Foundation 4 Cache  and delete all that s in the folder

User · Answer

While trying to  Get latest version  of a project which I had previously mapped to a local directory and then deleted  I saw this same error message  First I tried the SideKick tool and then the Visual Studio 2010 command prompt  both of which told me I had no workspaces mapped   Next I searched for  VersionControl config  within c  users myuser appdata  and deleted the 4 references it found  I re-opened Visual Studio and I was able to re-map the project  no more error

User · Answer

Use the command line utility TF - Team Foundation Version Control Tool  tf    You can get a list of all workspaces by bringing up a Visual Studio Command Prompt then changing to your workspace folder and issuing the following commands   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspaces  owner     You should see your problem workspace in the list as well as it s owner   You can delete the workspace with the following command   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspace  delete  server BUILDSERVER WORKSPACENAME OWNERNAME

User · Answer

I got same issue in Visual Studio 2017 and TFS 2017  DefaultCollection must be mapped first to you local path  Somehow this step was skipped and I got only MyFirstProject mapped     All you need to do is   - 1  Go to your TFS web page and remove the project from the server     - 2  Remove the project from your local  Worksapces     - 3  Go to  Manage Connections  which will refresh your Home page in TeamExplorer     - 4  You will get Configuration page which will allow you to setup root path to your DefaultCollection     - 5  You should get message that it been done successfully  Now you can create your project     It s important to map root of your collection to your workspace first and then map a new project

User · Answer

Here is what I did  well what I do    Using TFS Sidekicks clear out the user and server filters so they are blank  This will let you get all workspaces   Check the build error for the workspace name  In the OPs case it is BuildServer 23  It is different in my environment but basically just match up the error name with the one in the tfs sidekick list   Click the red x to delete the workspace   Viola

User · Answer

Use the command line utility TF - Team Foundation Version Control Tool  tf    You can get a list of all workspaces by bringing up a Visual Studio Command Prompt then changing to your workspace folder and issuing the following commands   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspaces  owner     You should see your problem workspace in the list as well as it s owner   You can delete the workspace with the following command   C  YourWorkspaceFolder gt tf workspace  delete  server BUILDSERVER WORKSPACENAME OWNERNAME

User · Answer

If you don t have permissions on the server to delete other people s workspaces  you can just change the name of the build definition  TFS will create a new workspace and map it to  C  Build ProductReleases new build name here Sources

User · Answer

I had a similar issue and to remove the workspace that was causing me a problem  I logged into another machine with TFS client installed and performed the following    On the File menu  point to Source Control  Advanced  and then click Workspaces       In the Manage Workspaces dialog box  tick the Show remote packages checkbox   Under the Name column  select the workspace that you want to remove  and then click Remove   In the Confirmation dialog box  click OK

User · Answer

I was getting an exception telling me that the file was already mapped in another workspace   The path  File Path  is already mapped in workspace  Workspace Name     This workspace was deleted beofre  With the help of friend of mine I found out that TFS save workspace info under the user local settings dir  We found a file named   VersionControl config under  User Documents and Settings dir  Local Settings Application Data Microsoft Team Foundation 1 0 Cache  This file contains all the local mapping of TFS  Probably when you use the Map method and don t use  public void DeleteMapping WorkingFolder mapping   before deleting the workspace the mapping information is not removed from this file which is used by TFS to check if you ve alreay mapped a specific path   To resolve this problem delete all the keys from the config file  Don t delete the file because you ll get it again from the server cache

User · Answer

Deleting the workspace and cache was not sufficient for me  I had to also restart the  quot Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Host quot  service

User · Answer

I tried all the following solutions such as     Use sidekicks to delete WS  Use tf commands to delete remote server workspaces  Delete the TFS cache folder    The following worked for me   tf workspaces  remove

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