Find All Checked Out Files and Check-In them Back
I'm Sharing one of the PowerShell script I used in MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 migration. Since its very difficult to check-in back all the checked-out files after migration, its a best practice to...
View ArticleGet All Files of Particular Type
In a Branding revamp project, After updating new logo on the SharePoint CSS Files, Found there are lot of InfoPath forms out there with old logo. So had to figure out all deployed InfoPath XSN...
View ArticleSearch SharePoint Recycle bin with SPRecycleBinQuery
Searching inside SharePoint recycle bin for a deleted item or file, is a pain especially when you have LOT of deleted items and files in SharePoint recycle bin. Unfortunately SharePoint doesn't provide...
View ArticleNintex Workflow Tasks Item not found Error
Problem: Nintex Workflow tasks displays : * Item Not found error!Cause: Workflows are initiated and items in which workflows ran, are deleted by end-user. When I tried terminating the workflows, it...
View ArticleCreate Update Copy Delete SharePoint Views with PowerShell
Requirement is: There are lot of document libraries in a SharePoint site. Periodically, in all libraries there is a need to:Create a new viewUpdate an existing view with new filter conditionCreate new...
View ArticleSharePoint Users and Groups Permission Report
Requirement: For security audit purpose, had to generate a comprehensive users and groups security report for entire site collection. Some of the sub-sites, some of the lists & libraries are with...
View ArticleSharePoint Users and Groups Security Report Based on Permission Levels
Getting insights on who has access to SharePoint sites & lists and what level of permission has been granted on all over site collection is a frequent requirement in SharePoint governance....
View ArticleHow to Hide Home Tab / First Tab in SharePoint 2010
Ever wanted to Hide or Remove the Home Tab (or First Tab) from SharePoint Site's Top navigation Menu bar?How to Hide home tab in SharePoint 2010 How to do that? Site Settings >> Navigation...
View ArticleGet SQL Server Database Size, Location for all Databases
Here are the SQL Server queries to get all SQL Server database data file and log file Size, Location: SELECT DB_NAME(database_id) AS [Database Name], Name AS [Logical Name], Physical_Name AS [Physical...
View ArticleBreak Inheritance and Set Item Level or List Permission with PowerShell
Requirement is to Set Item Level permission to a SharePoint Group to all documents in a specific document library with 100+ documents.Solution: Earlier, I wrote C# code to set Item level permission on...
View ArticleCreate a Scheduled Task for PowerShell Script with Windows Task Scheduler
PowerShell is really a game changer for repeatable processes, isn't it? We've a PowerShell script to generate report on SharePoint content databases size growth SharePoint Content Databases Size -...
View ArticleHow to Edit SharePoint Survey "All Responses" View
By default, SharePoint Survey's "All Responses" view shows "View Response", "Created By", "Modified", "Completed" columns. There was a requirement to add one of the Survey answer to the view for easier...
View ArticleHow to Add Custom File Type Icons in SharePoint
Problem: Photoshop files uploaded to the corporate branding portal was giving "JPEG" image icon and often caused confusion to end users!Root cause: This is because of the DOCICON.XML file mapping in...
View ArticleShow Quick Launch in SharePoint 2010 Web Part Pages
By default, SharePoint 2010 Webpart pages don't have quick launch navigation! Web part page missing quick launch in SharePoint 2010. show quick launch in SharePoint web part pageShow quick launch...
View Article"There has been an error creating the personal site. Contact your site...
When end-user tries to create My sites by clicking "My Content" link for the first time, They encountered this error message:"There has been an error creating the personal site. Contact your site...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 Content Editor Web Part Hidden property is Disabled
Found a 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...
View ArticleNintex Workflow "There was an error installing the content type required for...
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...
View ArticleChange SharePoint Site Title, Description and Icon (Logo) with PowerShell
Its not necessary to continue with the name and description Administrators provides during the creation of the site, isn't it? Let's see how we can change SharePoint site's Title, Description and Icon...
View ArticleExport Import SharePoint Content Type using PowerShell
Requirement: Copy a Content Type from development environment to staging environment.Solution Overview:Export site columns associated with the content type from the source site collectionExport custom...
View ArticleClicking Type Icon Selects the Row Instead of Opening the Document?
Issue: Clicking Type Icon Selects the Row Instead of Opening the Document?Fix: Its a known issue! Microsoft released a KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2457975In short: Copy Paste the below...
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