SharePoint 2013: How to Upload Multiple documents
The "Upload Multiple" Documents option is deprecated in SharePoint 2013. We can use the below ways to upload multiple documents:
- Drag-and-Drop functionality
- Windows Explorer view
Method 1: Using the drag-and-drop functionality
Microsoft has done an incredible job by adding this feature to the highly popular document libraries. On any document library you can now simply Drag and Drop the document and it will be upload with a quick progress bar.
Simply select multiple documents from local and drag it onto the document library. The window will change to “Drop here..”
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You can see the Upload Documents Status bar next at the Document Libraries title. You see Upload Complete once the upload completes.
Note: Feature will not work with the Internet Explorer version 8.0.6001.18702IC
Method 2: Windows Explorer view
To open Windows Explorer, click the Upload Document button as shown in the picture below.
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In the Add Documents dialog, click the link "Upload Files using windows Explorer Instead".
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Expect the following error:
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To resolve this, add the SharePoint site as Trusted in your browser and make sure that the Web Client service is running. Follow the step below to resolve this.
Click Start, then Run. Type services.msc, and press Enter. In the list of services, locate the Web Client service, and make sure that its status in the Status column is set to Started. If its status is not set to Started, double-click Web Client, click Start, and then click OK.
Once done, restart the browser and try opening Windows Explorer again. In Windows Explorer, you can copy and paste multiple documents as done in earlier SharePoint versions.
Note: If you find a different solution, please report it as a comment to this post. This will be useful to the SharePoint Community. Be sure to double-verify it: undo your solution and verify that the problem comes back, then redo it and verify that the problem goes away.