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I get an error message...

"List does not exist"

when I attempt to edit a new page within a publishing site.

The log file doesn't provide me with any additional details...

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: List does not exist. The page you selected contains a list that does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user.

I'm using a custom master page.

Just wondering what could be causing this error...?

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  • Is this localized or happening in all sub-sites of a particular site collection? If it's a wide-spread issue, you might have the the collection in read only mode. This can happen when doing stsadm backups that fail before returning the collection to read-write.
    – Erik Noren
    May 20, 2011 at 2:11
  • Did you resolve this?
    – tarjeieo
    Jun 7, 2011 at 7:19
  • I ultimately changed the default page layout that was being used for new pages. I had been using a custom one by default. I never identified exactly what the issue was with the one I was using but once I switched it, the problem went away.
    – Sambo
    Jun 7, 2011 at 23:05

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I'm guessing you're deploying the master page through a feature?

In your master page module Elements.xml, remember to add List="116", like the following snippet shows:

<Module Name="MasterPages" List="116" Url="_catalogs/masterpage"> 
  <File Path="MasterPages\custom_main.master" Url="custom_main.master" Type="GhostableInLibrary" /> 
</Module>

In order for the changes to be correctly applied, delete the masterpage from the master page gallery, and deploy the solution again.

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