Friday, July 8, 2011

SharePoint 2010: "The feature failed to activate because a list at 'Pages' already exists in this site" when trying to activate SharePoint Server Publishing feature on a Meeting Workspace site

When attempting to activate the SharePoint Server Publishing feature on a Meeting Workspace site in SharePoint 2010, you receive the following error message:


Workaround

Open the Meeting Workspace site in SharePoint Designer 2010. Select the All Files folder in the left navigation menu. Rename the pages folder to something like "sitepages".


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Should be able to successfully activate the SharePoint Server Publishing feature now.
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4 comments:

  1. Joshua SmithAugust 9, 2011 at 3:57 AM

    Thank you for the nice tips. It was simple to read, but I'd like to add that if your software business needs to be updated try outsourcing software development services.

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  2. AnonymousMay 3, 2012 at 2:52 AM

    You may use "stsadm" command for the same.

    Format:
    stsadm -o forcedeletelist -url

    Example

    stsadm -o forcedeletelist -url "http://rkapiljith:80/Corporate/Pages"

    Enjoy your day friends:-)
    Kapiljith.R

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2013 at 9:09 AM

    Worked great for me.

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  4. ValmeekeshwarJune 2, 2016 at 4:54 AM

    Thank you this worked for me

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