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TFS - Power tools - How can I add graphics in folders or files

I am using tfs. I am happy about all, but the thing is I am not getting any icons like tortoise svn do. how to make the icons to my folders/files.

here is tfs view :

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And the tortoise view :

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See the commited folders with green tick icons. but in the tfs there is nothing. how to update to icons version of tfs

UPDATE

ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers Items

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Solution

  • The problema may be related to the Windows limitation of 15 file extension icons.

    You can read more about this problem here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/youhana/archive/2012/01/09/why-am-i-not-seeing-the-icon-overlays-in-shell-extensions-tfs-power-tools.aspx

    They recommend you to:

    • Open the registry
    • Goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer \ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
    • Rename our icon overlays to 1TfsOverlayAdd , 2TfsOverlayEdit etc. to bump us up the list
    • Restart the machine or kill explorer.exe and restart it

    Note:
    As they say in the post, this is a hacky solution, because it will lead other entries to the end of the list, thus stop working