SharePoint 2010 >> Taxonomy Picker.ascx Failed Error
On SharePoint 2010 you will run into the following error :
Log Name : Application
Source : Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Date : 9/27/2010
Event ID : 7043
Task Category : Web Controls
Level : Error
Keywords :
User : MSS\SPFARM
Computer : MOSSSERVER
Description :
Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'.
Here's how it looks it in the Application logs
Cause
The file drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\TaxonomyPicker.ascx is badly formed and doesn't compile.
Solution
You can change the bad syntax of the file as follows
- Navigate to /14/ControlTemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx user control
- Open the user control in a text editor and locate the first line
- Find the character string , and replace with a comma ‘,’ (without quotes).
- Save the user control.
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UPDATE
Sometimes, the error does not go away even after following the steps listed above. In such cases, the fix is to rename the 'TaxonomyPicker.ascx' to something like 'TaxonomyPicker.ascx_broken' so that we do not try to recompile it each time the AppPool is started. The user control is never used within SharePoint and therefore serves no real purpose.