How do i turn off TFS adding bulds to Global List? and or to the "Found In" drop down in work items?

Question

We do not use the standard TFS build definitions in our drop downs, and have scripted updating the global list with our standard build numbers. However, we get both the TFS builds and our build numbers in the "Found In" field of work items. How
do I disable TFS automatically adding the "Builds - " list into the "Found In" field Rules? and or updating the Global List?

Answer 1

Hi CRHill,  
Thanks for your post.
What’s the version of your TFS Server?
What’s the “not use the standard TFS Build definitions in our drop downs” mean? 
You’re using the TFS Build Definition to build your solution but not use the default TFS build process template in it?
If you don’t use TFS build definitions to build  your solution, how the TFS builds’ numbers be generated and added in team project Global list?
As far as I know all the completed TFS build numbers will be added in to team project Global list by default, and there’s no a default way to turn off that in TFS Server. Please refer to the workaround in this article:
http://readcommit.blogspot.com/2008/04/found-in-build-team-build-list-make-it.html.
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