URL rename error ["The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold"]

Question

I can't rename a URL of a site (using the Site Settings>Title,Description and Icon) I get the list view threshold error. But I changed the list view threshold on my server settings already. None of my lists exceed 4000. Huh?

I tried renaming from Designer & the SharePoint Website.

Answer 1

If SharePoint Designer doesn't work, maybe you shoult try doing this with PowerShell intead?

# Add PS Snapin if not loaded
$snapin = Get-PSSnapin | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell'} 
if ($snapin -eq $null) 
{    
    Write-Host "Loading SharePoint Powershell Snapin"    
    Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell"  -EA SilentlyContinue
}

#Iterate all webs and print List URL
$SPWebApp = Get-SPWebApplication "http://mydomain.com/"

foreach ($SPSite in $SPWebApp.Sites)
{
    if ($SPSite -ne $null)
    {
        foreach ($SPWeb in $SPSite.AllWebs)
        {
            if ($SPWeb.url.Contains("http://mydomain.com/sites/myweb"))
            {
                $SPWeb.Name = "myNewName"
                $SPWeb.Title = "My New Name"
                $SPWeb.Update()

                if ($SPWeb -ne $null)
                {
                    $SPWeb.Dispose()
                }
            }
        }
    }

    if ($SPSite -ne $null)
    {
        $SPSite.Dispose()
    }
}

Answer 2

For Reference This is what I used:

Start>

Run this script:

#Rename Site    
$SPWeb = Get-SPWeb "http://server/Prizm"        
$SPWeb.Name = "Prism"
$SPWeb.Update()