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Error "Critical error of Source Control Provider. Please restart IDE." using Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider

Article ID:949534
Last Review:February 21, 2008
Revision:1.2
Source: Microsoft Support

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Action

You are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2003, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, and the Microsoft Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider. You have sufficient security permissions to add source code to the Team Foundation Server and attempt to do so.

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Result

Error message "Critical error of Source Control Provider. Please restart IDE." appears. This may be followed by an error saying "Initialize failed".  Despite these errors the files were added to source code control on the Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

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Cause

Errors like this can occur because the Windows profile for the user is corrupted.

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Resolution

Delete and recreate the Windows profile for the user.

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More Information

For additional information on deleting and recreating user profiles in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
•How to delete a user profile in Windows Server 2003 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814584)

•How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151)

•HOW TO: Identify a Damaged User Profile and Create a New Profile in Windows 2003 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816593)

•How to fix a corrupted user profile in Windows Vista (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/769495bf-035c-4764-a538-c9b05c22001e1033.mspx)

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
•Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server
•Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer

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Keywords: 
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