reset work items refnames

hi,

i`m

defining work-items with specific refnames. but i`m not satisfied with

my naming conventions and want to change the names of some fields. but

this is not possible and i get the following error: tfs does not

support renaming of fields.

i thought i just could delete the

project where i imported the work-items. but the refnames are obviously

remembered and i can`t redefine them.

so my question is: is it possible to reset tfs relating to refnames of work-items? maybe delete all projects?

[584 byte] By [thomaskremmel] at [2007-12-22]
# 1

Hello Thomas,

you can delete the field itself using witfields.exe in %programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\common7\IDE. This would help you to re-use the reference name.

Ex: witfields.exe delete /s:http://servername:8080 field_reference_name

Thanks,

SmithaSSaligrama at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking...
# 2
You may try deleting the fields using witfields.exe first before using a different refname for your fields.
MohammadIqubal-MSFT at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking...
# 3
ok thank you! i will try it tomorrow in the office.
thomaskremmel at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking...
# 4
ok it did not work. i get always the following message:

<refname> cannot be deleted - it is used by the following projects : test6 (ChangeRequest)

but i have deleted the project test6. so what can i do?

thomaskremmel at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking...
# 5
ok i didn`t really deleted the project, i just removed it from team explorer :)

TFSDeleteProject /Server:atvie-tfs01 /force test5

this cmd helped.
thanks

thomaskremmel at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking...

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