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I'm using SharePoint 2013 and have provisioned the services I need successfully. I've setup Search Service also successfully and it is functioning properly. However, when I go into Service Applications and try to view the properties I get the following:

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An unhandled exception occurred in the user interface.Exception Information: Session state can only be used when enableSessionState is set to true, either in a configuration file or in the Page directive. Please also make sure that System.Web.SessionStateModule or a custom session state module is included in the \\ section in the application configuration. Technical Details*

Looked at my ULS logs and this is what gets logged:

Unhandled page level exception. Path: /_admin/search/TopologyAppSettings.aspx, Error: Session state can only be used when enableSessionState is set to true, either in a configuration file or in the Page directive. Please also make sure that System.Web.SessionStateModule or a custom session state module is included in the \\ section in the application configuration., Details: System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): Session state can only be used when enableSessionState is set to true, either in a configuration file or in the Page directive. Please also make sure that System.Web.SessionStateModule or a custom session state module is included in the \\ section in the application configuration. at System.Web.UI.Page.get_Session() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchConfigWizardBase.OnInit(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): Session state can only be used when enableSessionState is set to true, either in a configuration file or in the Page directive. Please also make sure that System.Web.SessionStateModule or a custom session state module is included in the \\ section in the application configuration. at System.Web.UI.Page.get_Session() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchConfigWizardBase.OnInit(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) StackTrace: at Microsoft.Office.Server.Native.dll: (sig=678c0f87-966f-4d99-9c94-b49e788d2672|2|microsoft.office.server.native.pdb, offset=131CE) at Microsoft.Office.Server.Native.dll: (offset=21BE5)

I also get something similar to this error when I view the properties for BDC, Secure Store Service and Visio Graphics Services. any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Open powershell and make sure Session State Service is active

Get-SPSessionStateService

Then enable it using 

Enable-SPSessionStateService –DefaultProvision

Check web configuration files and make sure following entry is present

<add name="Session" type="System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule" />

Another work around is to Disable and then Enable using following script

Disable-SPSessionStateService
Enable-SpSessionStateService -DatabaseName SP_SessionState

Change the DatabaseName as per your standards.

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  • Thanks a bunch, I had to add <add name="Session" type="System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule" /> to my web.config file as it was not present even after the reprovisioning.
    – John G
    Commented Dec 23, 2014 at 15:59

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