Error Msb3021 Tfs
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TrinderOctober 22, 20076 0 0 0 The error message "error MSB3021: Unable to copy file "
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can get included more than once in the list of files to get copied, and (b) these files will typically be read-only
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in a Team Build since they are retrieved from version control (and not checked out).The workarounds for the issue depend on the version of Team Build (and MSBuild) you are using. Team Build 2005 / MSBuild 2.0 There
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are two approaches to fixing the issue in Team Build 2005 / MSBuild 2.0 - removing the duplicate entries from the items copied or removing the read-only bit from the files before they are copied. For the first possibility, two suggestions for fixing the involved targets (from Microsoft.Common.targets) can be found in an MSBuild forum thread here. The trick in using these is that you'll need to either (a) modify Microsoft.Common.targets in place, or (b) override tfs build access to the path is denied the relevant targets in each of your project (e.g. *.csproj) files. Modifying Microsoft.Common.targets in place is not a great idea, since you'll need to do so on every build machine, your changes will get wiped out on upgrade, etc. Overriding the targets in each project is annoying as well, since it can potentially require modification of lots of project files. The second possibility, then, may be a bit easier. For example, the following target override in your TfsBuild.proj file should work in most cases:
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