Quickie: Broken web part page? We can help!
I'm called upon to troubleshoot numerous errors with SharePoint on a day-to-day basis, and some of the most frustrating are "Unexpected Error" messages which occasionally crop up on web-part pages. This is worst for administrators when they occur on hitting 'edit page' - worried admins can't then edit the page and end up running round in small circles, flapping their arms and screaming.
Well, there's an easy trick to get to the web part maintentance page.*
Let's say your malfunctioning page is:
https://sharepoint.contoso.com/pages/default.aspx
simply tack a querystring onto the end of the URL as follows
https://sharepoint.contoso.com/pages/default.aspx?contents=1
and hit enter. This will drop you straight into Web Part Maintenance, and you can remove the offending web part and get it fixed.
finally, don't forget if you have to check out the page to make changes, you'll need to check it back in afterwards - if you have full admin access, just hit 'publish', if not, get an adult admin to help you.
* I can never remember this when called upon to do it. I'm hoping posting it will make it stick in my memory
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I had SharePoint Forums installed incorrectly. I tried every which way to delete the web parts. In fact I ended up with about 20 of the same web parts on the page. This was the only way I could successfuly delete them!Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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December 09, 2010
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December 09, 2010
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December 09, 2010
fixed. thought to save modified webparts for future use. few have downloaded without extension. opened one to check the content and VOILA! found content tag for webpart with my script.... the other things was easy. ?contents=1 still not working tho... same error.