Tag Archives: Maintenance

Removing Visual Source Safe (VSS) from c# and vb projects and solutions

Posted on 25 July, 2012 by frogman

This is a PowerShell script that I use to remove all traces of source safe from vb or c# projects and solutions. This script behaves as follows – 1. The script acts recursively throughout a designated folder. 2. The script … Continue reading →

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Increase the manageability of CEWPs using jQuery and a single list

Posted on 9 December, 2011 by frogman

A few days ago I was asked to take a look at a SharePoint site with a faulty web part. The fault was in a web part on a site home page used to display the site’s announcements. Easy I … Continue reading →

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Master page cannot be deleted due to page references.

Posted on 1 March, 2011 by frogman

When trying to delete a master page from the master page gallery you may receive – ‘This item cannot be deleted because it is still referenced by other pages’. You are sure that there are no pages referencing the master … Continue reading →

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Accessing the web part maintenance page

Posted on 13 December, 2010 by ceej

This one always gets me – I keep forgetting how to get to the web part maintenance page. This is exceedingly useful when you are developing web parts and need to get rid of a web part that is erroring (not that … Continue reading →

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