“The Content Type is in Use” Error in SharePoint – Find Where and Delete

We don’t need a particular content type anymore and wanted to delete the content type. Navigated to: Oops! SharePoint returns an error: Error: “The Content Type is in Use”.  Looks like it’s a common issue when trying to delete content types. I’ve seen this “The content type is in use” error in SharePoint 2007…

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The server may not have Microsoft SharePoint foundation installed, your machine’s IP address may not have access to the server, or you may have specified an invalid proxy server (HTTP Error 403)

Problem:  Tried opening a SharePoint 2013 site in SharePoint Designer 2013 and got this error message “The server may not have Microsoft SharePoint foundation installed, your machine’s IP address may not have access to the server, or you may have specified an invalid proxy server (HTTP Error 403)” Root cause is: The…

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Clicking Document Type Icon does not open document, Selects the Row Instead

Issue: SharePoint 2010 clicking type icon does not open document! Clicking Type Icon Selects the Row Instead of Opening the Document! Fix: It’s a known issue! Microsoft released a KB article: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2457975 In short: Copy and Paste the below code as a file named: “fldtypes_docicon.xsl” and save it under 14 Hive folder…

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SharePoint 2010 Content Editor Web Part Hidden property is Disabled

Found an interesting issue today. Wanted to place some CSS code in Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) and hide it, so that it won’t appear to end-users. I added a content editor web part, placed some CSS code, went to web part properties, oops! Hidden property under Layout is disabled (greyed out)!!…

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“There has been an error creating the personal site. Contact your site administrator for more information” – SharePoint My Site Creation Error

When end-user tries to create My sites by clicking the “My Content” link for the first time, They encountered this error message: “There has been an error creating the personal site. Contact your site administrator for more information” Troubleshooting: 1. Make sure User Profile Service Application & My Sites configuration is proper….

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Show Quick Launch in SharePoint 2010 Web Part Pages

By default, SharePoint 2010 Web part pages don’t have quick launch navigation! Web part page missing quick launch in SharePoint 2010.  Show quick launch SharePoint 2010 web part pages: We can bring it by editing the web part page. Just edit the web part page in the SharePoint Designer 2010 Advanced mode…

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Clear SharePoint Config Cache to Fix “An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action” Error

When trying to update some configuration settings in SharePoint 2007 Central Administration, Got the error message: An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPFarm Name=SharePoint_Config is being updated by DOMAIN\username, in the STSADM process, on machine MACHINE-NAME.  View the tracing log for more information about the…

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Nintex Workflow Tasks Item not found Error – Solution

Problem: Nintex Workflow tasks displays : * Item Not found error! Root Cause: Workflows are initiated and items in which workflows ran, are deleted by the end-user. When I tried terminating the workflows, it gave “Server was unable to process the request –> Values does not fall within the expected range.” error…

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Nintex Workflow “There was an error installing the content type required for the flexi task action”

Nintex Workflow was giving an error, when trying to publish: “There was an error installing the content type required for the Flexi-Task action. Please arrange for an Administrator to run the following command on the server: stsadm.exe  -o installfeature -n nintexworkflowcontenttypeupgrade For more information please contact support@nintex.com“ I already ran that command:…

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