All files are locked in Solution Explorer. Why? How can I start editing them again?

Question

_{Tuesday, December 19, 2017 8:03 PM}

I use Visual Studio as a single person (no team). I commit changes to a local git repository for each project that I work on. I have never sent anything to a remote repository, to my knowledge. While working on a project, the Solution Explorer suddenly (meaning that I don't know what I did that caused this to happen) showed padlocks next to many of my files and Pending Changes next to some of them. So I made another Commit of all changes, thinking that must be what was expected. Now, every file has a padlock next to it in Solution Explorer and I cannot navigate to subfolders in the explorer. If I edit code, then a red check mark appears next to the file. 

How can I get the files unlocked? What did I do to lead to pending changes and locked files?

Thanks.

All replies (1)

_{Wednesday, December 20, 2017 6:38 AM}

Hi,

Welcome to MSDN forum.

You will see the blue padlocks in solution explorer after making the commit and a red check mark when editing code.

Does your Team explorer look like the following screenshot?

You can also have a look at here: https://berniecook.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/getting-started-with-git-and-visual-studio-step-by-step-guide/

Best regards,

Joyce

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