Salaudeen Rajack's SharePoint Experiences!
Found Upload multiple documents and Explorer views are disabled (in some cases, they are missing!) in a SharePoint 2010 site! Solution Here are the possible causes and solutions for upload multiple documents, explorer view disabled or missing in SharePoint 2010: As of now, This feature is available only in IE 32 bit….
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After migrating from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010, All the Sub-sites scolded me with: 404 Page Not Found error! But still able to get into the inner pages/document/site settings. Common causes for HTTP 404 Not Found issue: Verify the Host header in IIS and make sure its valid. Managed Path which were…
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You may receive this error when trying to publish an InfoPath Form in SharePoint 2010: “The form cannot be rendered. This may be due to a misconfiguration of the Microsoft SharePoint Server State Service. For more information, contact your server administrator.” Resolution: You need to install the ‘State Service’. Open the PowerShell for SharePoint,…
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I was trying to setup a virtual environment for SharePoint 2010 in my 64-bit laptop running Windows XP. So I downloaded the Oracle virtual Box, created a 20 GB image, installed Windows server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and other things needed by SharePoint 2010. Finally, I installed SharePoint 2010 on the virtual…
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Today, I installed MOSS 2007 on a machine, which is not in the domain. Everything worked well, but when I tried search I got this error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.CoreResultsWebPart.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() …
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Today, I am running on a weird issue. for a particular site collection in my SharePoint environment, It opens in the contributor mode, and when I tried, I’m unable to delete that site collection, Even though I’m a Farm Admin! Huh.. After spending considerable amount of time, I figured out the issue….
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Sometimes this error pops out from the SharePoint Services Administration command when the user does retract a solution or deploy a solution like the following: stsadm -o retractsolution -name “%PackageName%” -local -url %TargetWebUrl% Or stsadm -o deploysolution -name “%PackageName%” -local -allowGacDeployment -url %TargetWebUrl% Error: “A deployment or retraction is already under way for…
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Problem: Couldn’t Access a local SharePoint site from the server! Today, I setup my new SharePoint 2010 development box. I made the machine as a domain controller: “Crescent.com”. Machine name was: SharePoint. After I installed SharePoint in port 80 I was accessing the SharePoint site at URL: https://sharepoint. Then I wanted to…
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While trying to get a site collection in browser, It gave me this error: “Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.” Root cause: I understand, the site collection is being locked out! Wanted to unlock it by going to the Central Admin website. Central…
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When I configured my first SharePoint 2010 sandbox, I tried creating access services and received below error: So, it’s telling us to enable Session state. Isn’t it? How to Enable Session State for SharePoint 2010? Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell Type in the following cmdlet: Enable-SPSessionStateService Provide values for the following parameters:…
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