title: TFS: Check out an item without getting latest version, or resolve conflict by using local file
body: <p>Using VS 2010 &amp; TFS 2010:</p>
  
  <p>I have a TFS team project that was migrated from Visual SourceSafe.</p>
  
  <p><strong>While the migration was carried out on the server, I made changes to my local working copies of the files. Now I want to check in those changes.</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>I have mapped the team project to a
  local folder. When I did a Get
  Latest, all files that weren't
  writable on disk were added to the
  workspace.</p></li>
  <li><p>For the files that changed, and were
  writable, I get conflicts. In the
  "Pending Changes - Conflicts" pane,
  the only options for each conflict
  are to 1) "Overwrite Local File or
  Folder", or 2) AutoResolve the
  conflict using AutoMerge to merge
  "Conflicts with any content changes".</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>Option 1 is the opposite of what I
  want. I want to check out the file
  and use my local copy, not the server
  copy, in the workspace.</p></li>
  <li><p>Option 2 doesn't do anything when I
  try it.</p></li>
  </ul></li>
  <li><p>If I try to check out one of the
  changed files, I get the error: "The
  item [item] could not be found in
  your workspace, or you do not have
  permission to access it".</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>How do I check out, then check in, local changes without first getting a copy of each file from the server?</strong></p>