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I have backed up a sharepoint site and restored to another environment. I have a specific list which I want to update the default value of a hidden field in powershell

I found the field, set default value. But when I call field.Update() I see the error below.

I also see this error when I try to create and index on same list. I did quite a lot of search last 2 days, but no luck.

Do you guys have any idea?

Update : Exception calling "Update" with "1" argument(s): "Field name already e xists. The name used for this field is already used by another field in the list. Sel ect another name and try again." At line:1 char:14 + $field.Update <<<< ($true) + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

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after more digging, what I found is that, I had 2 different column in that list which has same GUID.

there is a script on this link which helped me to found those fields. Then I removed them from my list. Luckily, those fields were not used, so all worked smoothly.

I hope it helps others

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    Cool, you can also use SharePoint manager to resolve these issues
    – Eric Herlitz
    Commented Nov 30, 2014 at 22:25
  • Yes, SP Manager really helped
    – AnarchistGeek
    Commented Nov 30, 2014 at 22:42

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