Taken from https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/df043823-ffcf-46a4-9e47-1c4b8854ca13/troubleshooting-guide-for-visual-studio-test-controller-and-agent?forum=vststest 1) Close VS 2) Create my.pkgdef file under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\my\ with the following content: [$RootKey$\EnterpriseTools\QualityTools\ListenPortRange] "PortRangeStart"=dword:00000400 "PortRangeEnd"=dword:00000401 3) Start VS 4) Start regedit.exe and check if new values are now under (32 bit registry) HKCU\...\10.0_Config\EnterpriseTools\QualityTools\ListenPortRange. If they are not there, close VS, remove the 10.0_Config node and start VS again. Note that the name of the file and directory does not really matter, what is important that: A) The file has extension .pkgdef B) It's under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions directory (could be in a subdirectory of it).