Hi,
We have a project that is stored within our TFS server and some files were Checked-Out by me from another computer and another user (both of which are not used anymore). Is there a way to force the unlocking of the file (no changes were made to it so it's safe to do so if I can only do it).
Thanks.
If you login into the source control with the admin account, you will be able to force undo checkout, or check in with any file you provide.
You can use the Status Sidekick of TFS Sidekicks tool and unlock the files which are checked out by other users. To do this you should be a part of Administrator group of that particular Team Project (or) your group should have the permissions to undo and unlock the other user changes which by default Administrator group has.
You can get the tool here: http://www.attrice.info/cm/tfs/
After your done fixing this problem based on the above solutions turn off locking and use merging.