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Content type ID on a file different from actual content type ID?

Moving from "a sharepoint user" to "a sharepoint power user", I now am facing the world of Powershell and more. One thing that really puzzles me is the following. Ok, so I have a document library ...
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Add field to List Content Type using Powershell

I'm updating predefined content types with 2 new field, but I have to set the ContentType.Update(false,false). Which means that it will not propagate the changes to the list content type (instances ...
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Hide SPContenType in use

I'm trying to hide (or remove it from the new button drop) a SPContentType that is already in use via Powershell scripting. Even if before: $SPContentType.Hidden = $true $SPContentType.Update() I ...
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How to set columns visible only in Display Form on a Column used by a Content Type

I have a column that we will call C. This Column is associated to a Content Type (CT). If I go to the properties of the CT -> Column C I can set the column to be Facoltative or Hidden: If I put it ...
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Adding a content type to a list gives me a duplicate field error

I have the following code: list.ContentTypes.Add(contentType); It works on my dev environment, but on test fails with the following error: A duplicate field name "[GUID]" was found. I've had ...
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How to update a deployed content-type?

I created a content-type and applied it inside a document library. Now, if I go to the conent-type gallery and delete one of the fields, and then go back to the library and view the available ...
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Programatically update field/column name in a list on all sub sites [Powershell]

What I want to do is with a Powershell script programatically go through all subsites in a site collection and change a column name in a list from "Web" to "Site". So in easier words: Go through ...
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Unable to create inheriting content types - A duplicate content type was found

I'm trying to create several content types via code, and they are all inheriting from a custom content type which was previously deployed. Here's the weird part, i can deploy once from Visual studio ...
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How do I add a new ContentType using Feature Upgrading?

I have created a new Content Type. How do I publish it using Update-SPSolution and feature upgrading? I added the following Code to my Feature Manifest: <UpgradeActions> <VersionRange ...
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How to move content within fields in a page layout?

I'm working on a requirement where I'm adding a few fields in an already existing Page Layout and also renaming all the fields. After adding the fields via code,I want to move content within fields ...
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Is it possible to use powershell to change the content type of a page layout after its been uploaded to a masterpage gallery?

Im trying to automate as much of the upgrade I am working on and one of the manual steps is to change the page layout of 5 root webs of site collections, each of which has to have this new page layout ...
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How do I programatically change the content type of an existing file?

Is there some way to change the content type of a file using PowerShell? Ideally I'd like to write a function that one would point at a specific document library and it would pull down an array of ...
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How do you determine the Consumers for a given Content Type?

Is there a quick powershell script to find out all the consumers who are consuming a given content type? If yes, how do you do this with powershell?
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Adding a site column and add it to a content type from PowerShell issue

Within a PS script, I'm trying to add a site column and add this column to a custom content type. Here is my script : add-pssnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -EA 0 function ...
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How to remove the builtin “Item” Content Type from a list using powershell?

I have a custom content type and I added this content type to a list. I now want this list to only use the custom content type and I want to remove the built-in "Item" content type. I tried ...