How to Unlock a File in Team Foundation Server
We've all been in the situation before when a developer goes away for a long weekend (usually leaving on Thursday) and they forget to check in a file and ensure the solution builds. Here is how to deal with that in TFS. Unlock the file according to the instructions found here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/rimuri/archive/2006/03/06/544686.aspx
The gist is that running this command will unlock the file:
tf undo /workspace:TheirWorkspace;DOMAIN\TheirUserAccount $/path/to/file
To get a list of workspaces run this:
tf workspaces /owner:DOMAIN\TheirUserAccount /computer:*
