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    Extend WSS Logging

    Just a quick one: By default WSS logs into a file located in your temp directory (i.e c:windowstemp) and is named w3wpWebsiteName.log.


    The only thing is that WSS does not write many log entries in this file. So when I made a typo in the ONET.XML from STS I was lost searching for the problem.


    Luckily it is possible to have WSS log a lot more. This is how:



    • start regedit

    • Locate the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftShared ToolsWeb Server Extensions6.0

    • Change the value of the LogLevel key to 9

    • Restart your computer (the registry needs to be re-read by Windows)

    • Make sure the user you are testing with has modify rights on the logfile!

    Don’t forget to set this setting back to 0 before you go into production. Logfiles are growing rapidly this way!

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  1. Very Nice Tip!! 🙂

    Mark Kruger, SharePoint MVP

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