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FIX: Slow to add files or Source Control Explorer stops responding in Visual Studio after you install Team Foundation Server 2010 SP1

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SYMPTOMS

After you install Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may encounter one of the following issues:

When you try to add new files or folders to a TFS 2010 server in Microsoft Visual Studio, the TFS 2010 server is slower than a TFS 2008 server to perform the operation.
When you click a certain source control folder, or when you check out files in TFS server, Source Control Explorer in Visual Studio stops responding.

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CAUSE

These issues occur because the performance of the Prc_QueryItemsExtendedLocal, Prc_ichecklockstatus, and Prc_pendadd Transact-SQL stored procedures is slow in TFS 2010.

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A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next update that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed.

Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you install this hotfix if the affected file is not being used.

We recommend that you to close all Visual Studio instances before you install this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

File information

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

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