Developer tools not working in IE8

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To fix this right click on the Developer Tool icon in the Tasks bar and select Maximize from the context menu to maximize the Developer Tool window and then resize to your preferences. Close the browser to save the window size preferences of the Developer Tool and browser.

The next time you start IE8 the Developer Tool should open with the saved size and position preferences.

PowerShell to deploy SharePoint Solutions

Working with Solutions

The following stsadm command could be used to add a SharePoint solution to SharePoint:

stsadm –o addsolution –filename “E:\WSP\CreateProject.wsp“

We used the following command to deploy the solution once installed to a specific web application:

stsadm –o deploysolution –name CreateProject.wsp –url http://sp2010 –allowgacdeployment –immediate

If we would upgrade an existing solution, we would use the following:

stsadm –o upgradesolution –name CreateProject.wsp  –filename “E:\WSP\CreateProject.wsp” -immediate

And finally, we used the following commands to retract and delete a specific solution from the web application:

stsadm –o retractsolution –name CreateProject.wsp  –url http://sp2010 –immediate
stsadm –o deletesolution –name CreateProject.wsp 

Now, let us see how we could do above operations with PowerShell. For this, we use the following PowerShell commands:

Add-SPSolution “E:\WSP\CreateProject.wsp“
Install-SPSolution –Identity CreateProject.wsp –WebApplication http://sp2010 –GACDeployment

If you would like to add the solution as sandboxed, you would use the Install-SPUserSolution command instead. To upgrade a solution, we specify which solution is to be updated and with which new solution file:

Update-SPSolution –Identity CreateProject.wsp –LiteralPath “E:\WSP\CreateProject.wsp” –GacDeployment

To retract and remove a solution, we use the following commands:

Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity CreateProject.wsp –WebApplication http://sp2010
Remove-SPSolution–Identity CreateProject.wsp

Working with features

Similarly, commands exist for working with features. The stsadm equivalents:

stsadm –o activatefeature –name FeatureName –url http://sp2010
stsadm –o deactivatefeature –name FeatureName –url http://sp2010

Needless to say, there are easy equivalents in PowerShell:

Enable-SPFeature –Identity FeatureNameOrGuid –url http://sp2010
Disable-SPFeature –Identity FeatureNameOrGuid –url http://sp2010

STSADM and PowerShell Cmdlet

stsadm Operation                                 SharePoint 2010 Management Shell Cmdlet

A Operations

Activatefeature                                      Enable-SPFeature

Activateformtemplate                             Enable-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Addalternatedomain                               New-SPAlternateUrl

Addcontentdb                                        Mount-SPContentDatabase

New-SPContentDatabase

Adddataconnectionfile                             Install-SPDataConnectionFile

Add-ecsfiletrustedlocation                       New-SPExcelFileLocation

Add-ecssafedataprovider                         New-SPExcelDataProvider

Add-ecstrusteddataconnectionlibrary       New-SPExcelDataConnectionLibrary

Add-ecsuserdefinedfunction                    New-SPExcelUserDefinedFunction

Addexemptuseragent                           Add-SPInfoPathUserAgent

Addpath                                              New-SPManagedPath

Addsolution                                         Add-SPSolution

Addtemplate                                        Install-SPWebTemplate

Adduser                                              New-SPUser

Addwppack                                         Install-SPWebPartPack

Addzoneurl                                          New-SPAlternateUrl

Allowuserformwebserviceproxy              Set-SPInfoPathWebServiceProxy

Allowwebserviceproxy                          Set-SPInfoPathWebServiceProxy

Authentication                                     Set-SPWebApplication

B Operations

Backup                                               Backup-SPConfigurationDatabase

Backup-SPFarm

Backup-SPSite

Backuphistory                                     Get-SPBackupHistory

C Operations

Createadminvs                                      New-SPCentralAdministration

Createsite                                             New-SPSite

Createsiteinnewdb                                 New-SPSite

Createweb                                             New-SPWeb

D Operations

Deactivatefeature                                  Disable-SPFeature

Deactivateformtemplate                         Disable-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Deletealternatedomain                           Remove-SPAlternateUrl

Deleteconfigdb                                     Remove-SPConfigurationDatabase

Deletecontentdb                                    Dismount-SPContentDatabase

Deletepath                                            Remove-SPManagedPath

Deletesite                                             Remove-SPSite

Deletesolution                                       Remove-SPSolution

Deletetemplate                                      Uninstall-SPWebTemplate

Deleteuser                                            Remove-SPUser

Deleteweb                                             Remove-SPWeb

Deletewppack                                       Uninstall-SPWebPartPack

Deletezoneurl                                        Remove-SPAlternateUrl

Deploysolution                                      Install-SPSolution

Deploywppack                                      Install-SPWebPartPack

Displaysolution                                                 Get-SPSolution

E Operations

Editcontentdeploymentpath                   Set-SPContentDeploymentPath

Enumalternatedomains                          Get-SPAlternateURL

Enumcontentdbs                                   Get-SPContentDatabase

Enumdataconnectionfiledependants       Get-SPDataConnectionFileDependent

Enumdataconnectionfiles                       Get-SPDataConnectionFile

Enumexemptuseragents                        Get-SPInfoPathUserAgent

Enumformtemplates                              Get-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Enumservices                                       Get-SPServiceInstance

Enumsites                                             Get-SPSite

Enumsolutions                                      Get-SPSolution

Enumsubwebs                                      Get-SPWeb

Enumtemplates                                     Get-SPWebTemplate

Enumusers                                            Get-SPUser

Enumwppacks                                      Get-SPWebPartPack

Enumzoneurls                                       Get-SPAlternateURL

Execadmsvcjobs                                  Start-SPAdminJob

Export                                                  Export-SPWeb

Extendvs                                              New-SPWebApplication

Extendvsinwebfarm                               New-SPWebApplicationExtension

G Operations

Getadminport                                             Get-SPWebApplication

Getdataconnectionfileproperty                     Get-SPDataConnectionFile

Getformtemplateproperty                             Get-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Getproperty                                                Get-SPFarmConfig

Get-SPTimerJob

Disable-SPTimerJob

Enable-SPTimerJob

Set-SPTimerJob

Start-SPTimerJob

Getsitelock                                               Get-SPSiteAdministration

Geturlzone                                                Get-SPAlternateURL

I Operations

Import                                                       Import-SPWeb

Installfeature                                             Install-SPFeature

L Operations

Listlogginglevels                                       Get-SPLogLevel

Listregisteredsecuritytrimmers                Get-SPEnterpriseSearchSecurityTrimmer

M Operations

Mergecontentdbs                                  Move-SPSite

Migrateuser                                           Move-SPUser

O, P, and Q Operations

Osearch                                                SPEnterpriseSearchService

SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance

Osearchdiacriticsensitive                       SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication

Provisionservice                                    Start-SPServiceInstance

Quiesceformtemplate                            Stop-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

R Operations

Reconvertallformtemplates                             Update-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Registersecuritytrimmer                                New-SPEnterpriseSearchSecurityTrimmer

Removedataconnectionfile                            Uninstall-SPDataConnectionFile

Remove-ecsfiletrustedlocation                      Remove-SPExcelFileLocation

Remove-ecssafedataprovider                        Remove-SPExcelDataProvider

Remove-ecstrusteddataconnectionlibrary       Remove-SPExcelDataConnectionLibrary

Remove-ecsuserdefinedfunction                    Remove-SPExcelFileLocation

Removeexemptuseragent                            Remove-SPInfoPathUserAgent

Removeformtemplate                                Uninstall-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Renameserver                                       Rename-SPServer

Renamesite                                           Set-SPSite

Renameweb                                          Set-SPWeb

Restore                                                 Restore-SPFarm

Restore-SPSite

Retractsolution                                      Uninstall-SPSolution

Runcontentdeploymentjob                     Start-SPContentDeploymentJob

S Operations

Scanforfeatures                                    Install-SPFeature

Setadminport                                        Set-SPCentralAdministration

Setconfigdb                                          Connect-SPConfigurationDatabase

Setcontentdeploymentjobschedule         Set-SPContentDeploymentJob

Setdataconnectionfileproperty               Set-SPDataConnectionFile

Set-ecsexternaldata                               Set-SPExcelFileLocation

Set-ecsloadbalancing                            Set-SPExcelServiceApplication

Set-ecsmemoryutilization                       Set-SPExcelServiceApplication

Set-ecssecurity                                                 Set-SPExcelServiceApplication

Set-ecssessionmanagement                  Set-SPExcelServiceApplication

Set-ecsworkbookcache                                     Set-SPExcelServiceApplication

Setformtemplateproperty                       Set-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Setlogginglevel                                                 Set-SPLogLevel

Setproperty                                           SPFarmConfig

SPTimerJob

Setsitelock                                            Set-SPSiteAdministration

Setsiteuseraccountdirectorypath                        Get-SPSiteSubscription

v -SPSiteSubscription

Remove-SPSiteSubscription

Setworkflowconfig                                Set-SPWorkflowConfig

Siteowner                                              Set-SPSiteAdministration

Syncsolution                                         Install-SPSolution

U Operations

Unextendvs                                           Remove-SPWebApplication

Uninstallfeature                                     Uninstall-SPFeature

Unquiesceformtemplate                         Start-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Unregistersecuritytrimmer                       Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchSecurityTrimmer

Updateaccountpassword                       Set-SPManagedAccount

Upgradeformtemplate                            Install-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Upgradesolution                                    Update-SPSolution

Uploadformtemplate                              Install-SPInfoPathFormTemplate

Userrole SPUser

V Operations

Verifyformtemplate                                Test-SPInfoPathFormTemplate