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I encountered the following error when I navigate to Home Page, Site Settings Page in my SharePoint site.

Server Error in '/' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.get_ApplicationProperties() +134 Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.get_PartitionIDs() +44 Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.IsAvailable(SPServiceContext serviceContext) +329
Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls.MyLinksRibbon.get_PortalAvailable() +44 Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls.MyLinksRibbon.EnsureMySiteUrls() +60 Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls.MyLinksRibbon.get_PortalMySiteUrlAvailable() +15 Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls.MyLinksRibbon.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +91 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +65 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2427

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.4016; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.4016

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  • Did you try to perform an IISReset on the server running the user profile service application and if needed restart this service?
    – Seb
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 8:10
  • i tried that. but it's not work.
    – SRanj
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 8:23
  • I think there is some error on your page. pls open another page Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 9:47
  • I have 10 local site's in sharepoint. In all of the sharepoint Site's, when i navigate to Site Actions -> Site Settings-> then click anyone in Galleries i got this error.. This error occured in my Central administration site also.
    – SRanj
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 10:53
  • any recent customizations I would try to roll-back...Including features/css/masterpages
    – Mike
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 18:13

2 Answers 2

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I sloved the issue by:-

  1. Stopped the User profile sync service
  2. Stopped user profile service application
  3. Recycled SecurityTokenServiceAppPool with re-typing credentials
  4. Started User Profile service
  5. Started Sync service

For more information Please see the below url:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-AU/sharepointgeneralprevious/thread/f06b5803-1c71-4203-b46a-1c22ee646b59

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  • this trick doesnt work to me :(
    – user14312
    Commented Jan 22, 2013 at 14:58
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You can delete the user profile service , that will resolve the issue.. i do not need that service so i did that and it worked for me...

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