Unexpected error on add from existing site columns in Sharepoint

I recently ran into an issue with trying to ‘Add from existing site columns‘ to one of my SharePoint lists on a specific SharePoint site. When doing so I was presented with: —————————————————————— Error An unexpected error has occurred. Correlation ID: GUID —————————————————————– Looking up that...

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The search results with %5C see more Sharepoint Bug

In our Intranet we got this nasty double encoding error that was introduced in SharePoint April 2014 CU. In July 2014 CU the problem is still there. I often hear the suggestions to update files directly in the hive (the root folder for SharePoint: C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft...

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SharePoint 2010 Publishing Sites and Mobile Views Authentication Issue

OPTION  1: We recently faced an issue with our SharePoint Internet Portal. The Site was published on Internet, but when browsed on Mobile phones, especially Iphone. Whenever you browsed the portal through a mobile device, its throws the authentication window, where you need to provide user...

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The partial project item type does not have a value for this property

When you faced error  "The partial project item type does not have a value for this property." Its due to "Visual Studio is now released, so you might want to consider upgrading to RTM. It was released a while ago. This is most likely a bug in the VS2012 RC " Solution:Modified the "SharePointProjectItem.spdata"...

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Attaching specific W3WP Worker Process during debugging in sharepoint

While debugging your custom code in the SharePoint instead of attaching all worker processes(w3wp.exe) this is the command to attach/identify only the current application specific w3wp process Command...

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Sharepoint Site collection backup/restore vs. site export/import with focus on running workflows, version history and auditing

Custom SharePoint solutions usually contain custom lists with custom event receivers, custom workflows, maintain version history, use auditing etc. For a site with lists that have those customization it’s important to make sure that the backup/restore process will not lose any of the running workflows,...

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Import and Export Sites on SharePoint 2010 Using PowerShell

This article will show you how to import / export operation of a particular SharePoint site using Power Shell 1. On the Start menu, click All Programs. 2. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010...

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Configure fba in Sharepoint 2010

Configure an extranet web application for Claims based authentication using AD and Forms.  Store membership credentials in a SQL database.  Manage members through IIS Manager. Steps 1. Configure...

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Configure Alternate Access Mapping in Sharepoint 2010

Alternate access mapping is commonly used to rewrite SharePoint URLs to more meaningful ones. Some scenarios require configuring AAM since the URL of a web request received by IIS may not necessarily...

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