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How to rename and show user profile properties in PowerShell

I need to Rename, make editable, and show the existing userprofile property in User's Profile page by using PowerShell scripts, I tried this: if ((Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -...
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Without using My sites is it possible to display the profile picture in SharePoint 2013?

How to show the current user profile picture without using my sites in SharePoint 2013?
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SharePoint Feed Remove Unliked entry

I am creating a list of my "likes" on the home page of a SharePoint online intranet, I can see list of all my likes but if I unlike a document, I want to remove the like entry. Is this possible? I ...
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Remove image from My Site Profile settings

I've setup a sharepoint site that initially had My Sites turned on. One of our users went in and uploaded a picture for their profile. Then we realized we didn't want to use My Sites, so we turned ...
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Enlarge Newsfeed images on SharePoint 2013

I am a bit stumped why I have not found much information on this topic or why no one is asking the question. Maybe it is just not possible. My question being: Are you able to enlarge Newsfeed images ...
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profile picture asking for credential each time from SharePoint Client object model

In the SharePoint application, we have a left menu in which we are showing current user profile picture. In order to get the user profile image, we are using SharePoint client object model using below ...
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Setup Department Profile property as Term Set and Sync back to AD

I have a requirement to allow users to only set their Department via a Locked MMS Termset. Also, whatever the user choose from the Termset should be synced back. Im trying to see if there is a out of ...
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Sharepoint My Profile 404 NOT FOUND

When i click on SharePoint "My Profile" it shows 404 It takes me to www.myserver/my/Person.aspx?accountname=abc We use FBA authentication. How to fix it? Regards, Dhaval
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Smart MySites(My Sites) 2010 Design for Page Real Estate

Some Qustions about SP 2010 My Sites. We have a potential 20,000+ user farm. There are some very big groups that are interested in My Sites. These groups want to promote things on user mysites and ...
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Redirect page does not work if the ProfilePropertyLoader returns null in a sharepoint 2010 profile page

I have a custom person.aspx that is currently used by my mysite application and I wrote a code that checks if the ProfilePropertyLoader control returns a null value of the profile page being viewed ...
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Retrieve the Large Thumbnail Profile Image in Sharepoint 2010 My Site Profile Page

I am trying to retrieve the profile image with the _LThumb URL, in my people search result. But since my container is 30x30px, SharePoint is automatically retrieving the profile image with _MThumb on ...
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My Profile Link in My Site SharePoint 2010 is redirecting to an incorrect URL

I am having issues in my site for SharePoint 2010. The 'My Profile' link in the user navigation menu is redirecting to an incorrect profile page URL. The correct URL should include the account name ...
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My Site: Enable users to post their biography

I am looking for a way to let my users have an editable area on their personnal site where they can enter their bios. The way I thought about doing it is creating a new page with a web part zone using ...
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Ribbon not showing up on My Sites?

I'm having a weird issue with the top ribbon on MySites. This has been like this from the beginning even before I have added some CSS, so I don't think that would be the problem. Basically, what is ...
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How to make top ribbon visible on all accounts - My Sites

So I've spent a lot of time customizing the look and feel of My Sites using feature stapling but I had been checking the changes using the Administrator account...now I logged in as a test user with ...
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Adding web part to person.aspx - WebPartId?

I'm kind of stuck adding a web part to the Person.aspx page....I have a custom web part which I have uploaded but I'm not sure how to add it. On the masterpage (in SharePoint Designer) I went to ...
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Can I limit MySite profile picture file size submitted?

We are trying to have SharePoint limit the size of the profile picture that can be submitted (to about less than 1MB). This is for the MySite profile picture only. Can this be done? Either via: 1. ...
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What is the Maximum Size Limit supported by the Profile Editor Picture?

When I edit my user profile on a My Site with default settings, I received an error for a picture that is too large. The message says "Choose a smaller file to upload." I've received this message ...
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Is it possible to add notes to My Profiles with a multi-farm deployment?

I'm accessing a SharePoint 2010 implementation that has been setup by someone else and I don't have admin access to explore further. I also don't have a multi-farm VM setup available to test on at the ...
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SharePoint 2010 My Site Sub Site

I've setup a mysite as a sub site of my main site. The way I did this was by creating a new site collection, an Enterprise My Site Host under my main site Web Application (http://admin-pc:16132/), in ...
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Disable social features but allow My Site Profiles

We want to disable the social feature functionality but still make available the My Profile pages which is part of My Site. We also want disable the personal My Sites (My Content). Under Permissions ...
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Customize "Show to" drop down labels in MySite Profile

Is it possible to modify display texts for 'Show to' drop-downs in user profile editing page of mysite? If yes - where should I look?
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Getting prompted for password when going to My Sites

I have created a web app for hosting my sites and configured it according to Microsoft best practice on technet. However, when I log on to the portal I enter my credentials and when I click on my name ...
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SP2010: Using custom user profile properties on an ASPX for custom profile tab

I'm trying create a new profile tab with some customer user properties. I've added the user properties following these StackExchange instructions. I was also able to create a new tab with some help ...
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How do I fix the error "Your personal site does not contain a picture library named 'Pictures'" on user profile pages?

I'm working with a SharePoint 2010 farm that has SP 1 + the October 2011 CU installed. MySites and User Profile Synchronization with Active Directory were recently added. Everything seems to be ...
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MySite profile category names

For SharePoint 2010, is it possible to edit/change MySite profile category names. As an example, I would like to change "Ask Me About:" to "Skills & Talents:".
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My Site Organization and Memberships

How do I use Organization and Memberships in my site/my profile without setting it all up in AD? Is there a way to have SharePoint store the info? Thanks, David
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How does Membership show in Mysite - SharePoint 2010?

I am a member of site collection however membership tab does not show any information in my Mysite even after a week. I understood that SharePoint 2010 uses a timer job to collect the membership ...
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How can I programmatically DELETE the person.aspx page in My Sites?

I want to REPLACE the person.aspx page in the OOTB My Sites Host portal in SharePoint 2010 It works perfectly fine if: Case 1: I open My Sites using SharePoint Designer 2010 DELETE the person.aspx ...
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SharePoint 2010: MySites: Add custom tabs to My Profile

I want to have custom tabs to My Profile of mysites (where you have overview, organization,etc). I was able to add these tabs by going into Site Settings->Look and Feel-> Navigation-> Add ...
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How should I programmatically customize the "My Profile" page (person.aspx)?

I am trying to customize the "my profile" page (person.aspx, "my site host" site collection) in SharePoint 2010. For example, I would like to: Add/delete some webparts Delete links from top ...
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getting infos from my site to another web page

i'm making a universty portal and all academic staff has their own my site profile. They have also basic personal web page on university page. i want to get some infos from my site to that basic web ...
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How does the "Content" tab of "my site" works?

In "my site", under the "Content" tab, there is the "SharePoint documents" webpart. How does this webpart works ? I'm wondering if I can reuse this webpart to show global task lists or, at least, ...
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My Profile note board access in code

Where is the note board data stored in SharePoint and can I access the data from an other site collection. If so can I add notes to a persons note board in code from a different site collection?
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Customizing site definition files with a Module element

I am customizing a SharePoint 2010 MySite area and part of which deals with customizing the Person.aspx and OrganizationView.aspx pages, which are a part of the MySite site definition. I am deploying ...
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How to feature staple to MySites Master Page?

Is there a way to feature staple to the MySites site definition? I want to be able to style it via the Master Page.
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Where to store Profile Picture of Users?

Can any body please guide me where should I store the profile Image of the user? The problem is that SharePoint expects a url in Picture field of Profile. I was looking for some solution where every ...
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How to display the custom user profile property in the Details section on the editprofile.aspx page

Environment: SharePoint 2010 Part-A: Is it possible change the user profile property order across the sections? Let's say 1. We have a custom property group called "custom group" 2. It has the ...
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SharePoint 2010 Organizational Browser

I'm trying to find a way to modify the SharePoint 2010 Organizational Browser (Silverlight control) by adding additional user properties. I've done some digging and I think the actual web part is ...
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Adding a custom profile property to My Site

I want to display a custom (profile) property called "Org Unit" in My Site. That property should be mapped to Active Directory. Is there a direct way in SharePoint 2010 to achieve this?
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Show dropdowns in Edit Profile (My Sites)

Is it possible to only allow certain values through dropdowns rather than free text when people edit their profile? For instance to limit choice of company, organisation, county or location. I want ...
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What is the field that appears on a My Profile page next to the picture?

Is there any field by the name: QUOTE in the profile table? This appears on a My Profile page next to the picture default popup.
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