IE 8 shows javascript error when displaying SharePoint 2007 site

All the way to the left of the IE status bar, there is a yellow exclamation mark with "Error on page." text. Double click on the text brings up a popup showing "Element not found" error in init.js file.

How to fix: run Office Diagnostics: Diagnose and repair crashing Office programs by using Office Diagnostics

If above does not fix the problem, then try repair the Office installation by going to the Control Panel.

If your installation of Office has custom or 3rd party add-ons, consult your administrator before running the Office repair, since the repair can potentially break those add-ons.

Your mileage may vary and good luck!

SharePoint List View Filter Order of Precedence

This blog post explains the order of precedence of list view filters, with good example.

Here are the basic rules I copied from above post:

1. All logical operations occur from top to bottom.
2. Earlier logical operations are nested within later logical operations.

How to print a single list item in SharePoint 2010

The following is copied from

Derek Halstead's SharePoint 2007/2010 Blog

1. Open a List
2. Hit the List tab
3. Click the Form Web Parts dropdownlist
4. Choose “Default Display Form”
5. At the top of the Page – Insert Tab, Click the Web Part button to add a new Content Editor web part (CEWP).
6. From Categories choose “Media and Content” > “Content Editor” and add it to the main section of the page.
7. Click the “Click here to add content” and then click the HTML button in the Ribbon to bring up the Edit source code window.
8. In the window add the following code to display a Print Button at the top of the list item window.
   

<input onclick="window.print();return false;" type="button" value=" Print this page " />

Ignore any warnings.

Next, hit the Page tab at the top of the page to view the List item. You should see the Print button.

Hit the Print button to print just the list item.

 

Network Error When Using Open with Windows Explorer on a Folder of a SharePoint Document Library

Got error message: Windows cannot access "the path", You do not have permission to access "the path". Contact your network administrator to request access.

Here is how I trouble shoot the problem:

For me, the problem happens only on one particular SharePoint document library folder, and the problem applies to multiple client workstations too, so the problem is not caused by a particular workstation.

And all users accessing the folder using Windows Explorer run into the same problem too.

Checked SharePoint permissions and it is not an issue. 

I also tried the solution from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912152/, but no help.

Also copied the folder, using Powershell Export-SPWeb and Import-SPWeb into a different SharePoint site and the problem persists too.

After copied all the files to brand new folder, using Powershell, the problem is still there. This tells me that the problem is not related to the folder, but is caused by one or more files in the folder.

Eventually I identified the file which causes the pain. There is carriage return and/or line feed in the file name. After I copied the file name to Notepad then copied the text from Notepad back to SharePoint, the problem is gone.

A good reference on File Name, Length, Size and Invalid Character Restrictions and Recommendations

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/joelo/archive/2007/06/27/file-name-length-size-and-invalid-character-restrictions-and-recommendations.aspx

Slow SharePoint (MOSS 2007) Windows Explorer View using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 (IE8)

Here is the fix:

1. In IE8, go to Tools > Internet Options
2. Click the Connections tab, then the LAN Settings button
3. If Automatically detect settings is checked, uncheck it
4. Reboot

This solution is original posted by Blind Hole.