System.UnauthorizedAccessException Access to the registry key

Question

I have some code that calls the TFS API and returns team meta data. (e.g. team names, area paths, etc.) The code works fine locally in Visual Studio ASP.NET MVC project, but fa

Answer 1

I ran into this same issue, but setting Load User Profile to TRUE didn't work for me. What did eventually work was going into the registry and adding a "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VSCommon\12.0\ClientServices" key for the appropriate user(s). Apparently the TFS assemblies get a little cranky when you try to use them on systems without Visual Studio installed on them.

Credit goes to whoever added this information to http://msdn.developer-works.com/article/12173562/After+upgrade+from+TFS+2010+to+TFS+2013+the+soap+notifications+stop+working.