There’s a really easy way to get the name of a feature that SharePoint requests from its provided GUID. For…
Category Archives: Smart Hacks
a collection of small, fast and safe hacks that increase productivity
How to: Troubleshoot “Server Error in ‘/’ Application.” error after SP2010 SP1 update
In case you just installed SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1, or one of the new August/September 2011 updates is giving…
How to: Debug SharePoint applications (attach to process).
First of all, you will need to turn off the custom errors. If you haven’t already done so, click here…
Quick tip: Fix the missing Start Menu and taskbar icons
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where, although you can access your programs through the windows start menu,…
Quick tip: Simultaneously run multiple Skype accounts on one PC
There are people, such as myself, who keep separate accounts in their instant messaging (IM) programs in order to be…
Quick tip: Create random Word documents of specified length
Have you ever found yourself in a position needing a document file to use in order to test an application?…
Quick tip: Add a “Create New Document” link on a page outside a document library in SP2007
If you want to display a link that allows you to create new items in a SharePoint 2007 document/form library,…
How to: turn off SharePoint Custom Errors
When you deploy to SharePoint, you are likely to hit a page that informs you or an error pertaining to…
Quick tip: How to change the GAC view
The Global Assembly Cache ( x:\windows\assembly ), more often visited when coding against SharePoint 2007 than SharePoint 2010, is a…
Quick tip: Get a SharePoint 2010 Lists XML file
There will be times that you need to fetch the XML file that describes one of your lists in SharePoint…