TFS Shell Extension Policy Failure

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Whenever I use the TFS Windows Shell Extension to check a file in, it pops up a window asking me to provide the description for the changeset. But when I click OK, it gives me another warning dialog that says

Policy Failure Checkin cannot proceed because the policy requirements have not been satisfied.

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But the problem is, the only requirement we have is to give a checking description and I've done that. Is there some reason why the shell extension is giving this warning? It doesn't happen when I check in from VS directly.

Google has been unhelpful.

Details: Everything is the 2015 versions of TFS, VS, TFS Power Tools, etc.

EDIT: The only policy requirement we have is that you must provide a changeset description. The changeset description provided is actually saved, so the problem isn't that it's ignoring the changeset description.

At this point, I've given up. Whenever I check in via the Explorer menu, I click the "Override policy failure" checkbox and give it a reason of :-P

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tfstfs-power-tools
Does it occur if you uninstall and reinstall TFS Power Tools? – Eddie Chen - MSFT
uninstall/reinstall did not fix the issue. – dwilliss

1 Answers

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Refer to this case, you need to make sure all uses have installed the TFS Power tool.

I believe the check-in policy to require a comment is part of the TFS Power Tools, not directly part of Visual Studio. Could it be that some of your users haven't installed the power tools?