TFS 2010 TWA and Forum Link

I wanted to remove the Support Forum link from the help menu. I don't want all of my users to see it. But, I didn't want to remove the documentation link that was in there. Well, unfortunately the ability to do so does not exist. It's hard coded in the system. Same with the documentation url. Lame. Aw well, to remove the menu option (this removes the settings as well, but as they can still get to it from the menu on left, who cares) Open up c:\program files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Application Tier\Web Access\UI\Controls\PageToolbar.ascx Scroll through this file looking for <asp:PlaceHolder ID="phSettings" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" />

You will add Visible="false" just before the /> So it will end up being <asp:PlaceHolder ID="phSettings" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" Visible="false" />

Have fun and happy tfs'ing I couldn't find anything on doing this on the web, so hopefully a search engine will pick it up and someone else will find it usefull. Oh, if you still want the help link, here is the HTML to put in right above that line. You can use this html snippet stuff to add multiple links if you want. If you don't want the icon, change class="tswa-icon" to class="tswa-noicon" and remove the style="background-image: url(/tfs/web/Resources/Images/contents.gif);"

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 
  <tr> 
    <td class="tswa-toolbaritem tswa-tollbaritemsettings"> 
      <table title="Help" class="tswa-item" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 
        <tr> 
          <td class="tswa-icon"><div class="tswa-icon" style="background-image: url(/tfs/web/Resources/Images/contents.gif);"/></div></td> 
          <td class="tswa-text"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee523998(VS.100).aspx" target="_blank">Help</a></td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </td> 
  </tr> 
</table>

If you want multiple links, here's the seperator TD <td class="tswa-toolbarseparatorv" />

Here's an example of 2 links

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 
  <tr> 
    <td class="tswa-toolbaritem tswa-tollbaritemsettings"> 
      <table title="Help" class="tswa-item" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 
        <tr> 
          <td class="tswa-icon"><div class="tswa-icon" style="background-image: url(/tfs/web/Resources/Images/contents.gif);"/></div></td> 
          <td class="tswa-text"><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a></td> 
          <td class="tswa-toolbarseparatorv" /> 
          <td class="tswa-icon"><div class="tswa-icon" style="background-image: url(/tfs/web/Resources/Images/contents.gif);"/></div></td> 
          <td class="tswa-text"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee523998(VS.100).aspx" target="_blank">Help</a></td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </td> 
  </tr> 
</table>