Questions tagged [settings]

The configuration of one or more options affecting the display or operation of a program.

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IOS Now Blocks PowerApps Forms from being opened - any way around this?

I have a powerapps form based on a SharePoint list with just standard text, date, and people picker columns. If a user has an iPhone, there are restrictions. The customer doesn't want to ask their ...
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Unable to delete folders or files in SharePoint site linked to a Team

I am unable to delete folders or documents in a SharePoint library that is linked to a particular MS Team. When I click on the ellipses of a folder or file the delete option is not there (it is there ...
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Setting Default Printing Options For A Sharepoint 2010 List Item

I need to change our printer default settings to print out list item (edit form). Can this be done from within SharePoint 2010? If we right click in the edit form and select print the result is too ...
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remove "Edit columns" during the edit mode for a SharePoint Online List

How can I remove "Edit columns" during the edit mode for specific users in a SharePoint Online List as shown below? Based on the permission level, there is no associated setting. The ...
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Per-location view settings or columns layout Per Folder

Please help with the following issue. I just want to select different view setting per folder. I have tried everything and it does not work. I tried Per-location view settings or modify view to be ...
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SharePoint 2016 OnPrem - Outgoing mail From Address not sender of Invitation

I have a problem when send invitation to a teamsite to user from SharePoint2013 Enterprise. In the Outgoing E-Mail settings I have set a from address apps.teamsite@xxxx.com. In the descpritopn of ...
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How can I hide a document library from search results without disabling search within the document library?

I have some document libraries that I wish to use for file archival purposes for older files that don't need to be accessed on a daily basis, but still need to be kept for posterity. Because these ...
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SPFx, import SCSS from webpart settings

In SPFx webpart - can I import styles not from *.scss file, but from settings? I have same webparts on different tenants with different colors/branding. Want to make my SPFx webpart more flexible ...
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How to update the people and group column with multiple values in SharePoint

I have a person or group column in SharePoint 2013 I want to set the multiple values I have set its value like 1;#pallavi it's working but when done for multiple values like 1;#pall;#2;#shee it's not ...
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SharePoint Online file viewer seems to preview video files differently for different users

I have received some feedback from users that our site appears differently to them than it does for me. This is specific to the file viewer web part when they are looking at mp4 files (just viewing ...
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Cant save navigation settings - Missing permissions although I am owner of the site

I would like to activate the feature that automatically generates a building structure on the right side of the navigation area. More precisely, I would like to select the following menu item: "...
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SPO Settings Options

I have a SPO site created in our tenant that shows up all the options under the settings gear like Add a page, Add a App, site permissions etc. (8 options in total). We migrated a site collection from ...
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How do I remove onedrive for business files and folders from appearing in a sharepoint online search?

For some reason the people who previously set up a sharepoint online and the search page I now manage decided to include onedrive files and folders in the search page results. I know how to stop the ...
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Which SharePoint permission role?

so I'll be working on this sharepoint site and someone already made a draft for the website and gave me access to edit the site. However, when I go to site settings, I only have these options. I ...
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SharePoint Online: Setting window changed

Hope you all are well; Has the settings window changed in SharePoint online? The layout is different than previous.
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SharePoint memory settings

I am gonna build a new SharePoint 2016 farm, 2 web and app servers 2 DB servers cluster What's the setting required for SQL memory in management studio?
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Access Navigation settings error occured

I have a problem accessing the Navigation settings, and the left navigation bar no longer exists. When it happened, I was organizing this navigation bar and adding a new sub-site template. I also ...
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Column validation for datepicker - end date must be within 2 years of start date

I have a datepicker. I went into list settings for the start date and set the validation to =Start Date >= today() That works great. Now I want the End Date to be within 2 years of that End Date or ...
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Custom field type column editor in Sharepoint designer

I would need some help that i was not able to google it and if there is somebody who could help me that would be great. I successfully created a custom field type Now what im looking for is some ...
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SharePoint Online - Communication Sites: Creating pages in different site pages library fails

I created a document library on a Communications Site and wanted to use it to store pages and prevent the default library to be crowded with unrelated pages. In the new library I reset the default ...
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Group Settings Using PowerShell

I have been tasked with finding our site's SharePoint groups that have the Group Setting "Who can view the membership of the group?" set to Group Members. Is there a search feature or PowerShell ...
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SharePoint Online sites name

How can I rename a SharePoint online (Office 365) site? I need to know if it is possible or not? Thanks.
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Alter logo on team site - settings changed?

I've done some extensive searching on this but I can't find a solution. Bizarrely this isn't an issue on my older sites, just ones I'm creating now so I wonder if there's been some change somewhere. ...
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Not able to edit or delete Global Navigation Items in Site Navigation Settings

Edit is disabled and Delete option is missing Not able to edit or delete Global Navigation Items in Site navigation settings even though the user is a member of Site Owners Group. As in the below ...
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Top Right Menu Problem

I don't know how it happened but now, when I click the top right gear icon, or my name, instead of a drop down, I get an incomplete pop up window with the hyperlinks that should have appeared on the ...
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How do I set SharePoint O365 Versioning Settings so "Only the users who can approve items (and the author of the item)" works?

I have a Form Library in O365 where I need to allow all site users to add an item, but they should only be able to see their own items, not other users items. I set versioning so the "Only users who ...
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Getting blog posts to filter by category after changing my default view

I am using Sharepoint 2013 for work and I am self taught so far. I have a blog page setup that I have a list of categories that I was using to sort all the posts by. I had changed my view setting for ...
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Date and time validation

In my SharePoint 2013 I have 4 columns Start Date (date only), Start Time (Single line of text, max 5 characters), End Date (date only) and End Time (Single line of text, max 5 characters). I want to ...
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SharePoint list - Validation settings Formula

I have a SharePoint 2010 list with Drop Down column named "A" which has 3 choice values. The list has 3 more columns namely "B","C" and "D". I'm trying to set a validation on the list as below: ...
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how to change the default gear icon look in SharePoint 2013?

In the top right corner near the ribbon there have a setting icon in SharePoint 2013. I need to change the Gear icon image?
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Navigation panel level configuration

I have a SharePoint 2013 site collection with site that contain 3 level of subsite Subsite1 > Subsite2 > subsite3 One under the other. When I configure navigation panel in current navigation panel ...
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How to disable "Edit in Browser" only for myself?

There are a lot of descriptions how to remove the "Edit in Browser" functionality on a Site Collection base. Is there a way to only disable it for myself because of my personal preferences? I don't ...
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Surveys and Privacy (Remove [not hide] name of user in an survey) in SharePoint 2013

I found out that you can hide the names of the users that participated in the settings dialog. I tried this and it's working pretty nice. In the answers an *** gets displayed instead of the name of ...
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How can I add a comment to the start form of the picture library?

When selecting 'new Document' in the picture library, the window 'Add a picture' is showing up, where I can upload a picture. Is there a possibility to add a comment below as under a column like '...
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SharePoint 2013 background creation

Is it possible to create a background in SharePoint 2013 but not have it show up as a psuedo-transparent/watermark style background? I have an image that I'd like to use that have rich colors, but ...
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Make "New Folder" command available missing in List settings [duplicate]

I got tasked to create folders in a discussion board list library in SharePoint 2013. I noticed that the option to make a new folder was grayed out, so I went to the list settings >> advanced settings ...
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How to set SharePoint list view 'Item Limit' with the option "Display items in batches of the specified size." programmatically

How to set SharePoint List View 'Item Limit' programmatically with the option 'Display items in batches of the specified size.' selected. By default, 'Limit the total number of items returned to the ...
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SP 2010 Outlook calendar sync: What is this specific setting?

This is a calendar I created in SharePoint and I want users to sync it to their local Outlook clients. When you initially connect the calendar to Outlook there is a dialog that comes up with a "yes" ...
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SP2013 Regional Settings URL

I want to create a link on a sharepoint site to take the user directly to the User Regional Settings page. The link https://mysites..../_layouts/15/EditProfile.aspx?UserSettingsProvider=....& ...
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Validation Formulas

Could someone please help me with the following: I want to validate the documents added in sharepoint only if they have the Project name and the Contractor name. Can you please let me know what ...
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Disabling 'Search' setting of a custom list

I am working on SP2013. In every list, in the advanced settings, I find the option Should items of this list be displayed in search results. Can't find an exact explanation to it, neither on SP ...
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C# SSOM turn on List Rating settings

I have been using the method described here by attempting to use reflection to turn on the Rating Settings of a list. However, I get the following error: Exception Message: exception has been thrown ...
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SharePoint 2013 - How/Can do I edit/Personalize my view on a Shared Calendar?

SharePoint 2013 - How do I edit/Personalize just my view on a Shared Calendar? I would like to personalize my view of our shared calendar with a different color background and with a different font ...
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Site Contents / Site Settings

Right - before this gets marked as a duplicate, I have tried numerous suggestions for my issue, none of which have been successful. Here is what I need to do: Hide Site Settings link from sprocket ...
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Date Time format confusion in my SharePoint 2013 server

I want all my date columns in the entire server to be in 'DD/MM/YYYY' format. So I setup the Locale in the regional settings as 'United Kingdom'. I did the changes in the following locations: ...
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Users dashboard and reports do not display correctly

When certain users go to their dashboard, the dashboard and subsequently the reports don't display correctly. When I use their computer, as them, and I log onto my dashboard, it does display correctly....
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Set my search page results in sharepoint 2010

For several days I battle with the search engine. I would like create my own results page (mycustomresults.aspx) but I don't know how and where to change this page? I would like to see a new field....
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What is the "Content Type" option in survey branching for?

When defining branching logic in a SharePoint survey, one of the options in the "Jump To" dropdown is "Content Type". What is the intended purpose of this option? All I can tell is that if I set it ...
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Hide "Change the Look" Menu Item

In the "Cog" wheel settings menu, how can I remove the item "Change the look" for everyone? I tried the following CSS with no success: #ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_Customization_RptControls_Theme { ...
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Show the first line of Multiple line text column in list view

My client has requested if we can replace the 'View Entries...' text with the first line of the multiple line of text value (or any extract of the text). The below screen shot is off a all items view....
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