All VS developper meet this problem, when you check-in on a work item, by default it resolve it. To clear this issue, go to regedit and update this specific key in VS 2010 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Behavior] "ResolveAsDefaultCheckinAction"="False" In VS 2012 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Behavior] "ResolveAsDefaultCheckinAction"="False"
Blog Post by: Jeremy Ronk