TFS 2010 update Work Item with FinalBuilder 7

FinalBuilder Discussion
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Our FinalBuilder 7 project updates a TFS 2010 work item when finished. That works on a machine that has Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 on it, but fails on a machine with only Visual Studio 2010. The TFS dlls FinalBuilder uses are from VS 2005. The error is shown below. The link is for an update to VS 2005. Why can't FinalBuilder use VS 2010 dlls? There shouldn't be a dependency on VS 2005, or am I missing something?

Thanks for any help on this.

Authentication failed : The request failed with HTTP status 400: TF253023: You must update your client with the Forward Compatibility Update in order to connect to the Team Foundation Server that you selected. To obtain this update, go to the Microsoft Web site: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166482.
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Hi,
As part of the FinalBuilder install we check which version of TFS is installed, and set bindingRedirects in FinalBuilder.exe.config to reference the installed version.

If you have upgraded Team Explorer after installing FinalBuilder, FinalBuilder will still be referencing the old assemblies. Re-running the FinalBuilder installer should fix things for you.

If that doesn’t work please let me know.

Cheers,

Ben

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Thank you Ben. Such a simple fix. Everything works fine after the re-install.

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Great to hear - thanks for getting back to me.

Ben