How can I get my changes back after clicking “Undo pending changes…” in Visual Studio 2013 and TFS

Question

Using Visual Studio 2013 and TFS I did a lot of work before checking in. Then I accidentally clicked undo pending changes... thinking it would only apply to one of the proje

Answer 1

Unbelievable! After giving up and rewriting all of the code I lost, I was able to recover the files. After pressing "Undo pending changes" I never built the solution again. Then, I closed the solution, copied the entire workspace and saved it under a different name. Next, I reopened the original solution. I then used "Add existing item" from the original locations of the files I lost. Then, (and here's the cool part) I navigated to the copied workspace and found the lost files in-tact and in their original locations. Great! I only wish I did this before I rewrote my code!

For me, this solution was found purely by happenstance, but I hope someone else can use this information in the future. Please note that I never built the solution after I undid the changes so that may be the reason why the files were still in their original locations but not visible in the solution itself.