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How do I detach a page layout from a page and attach a different one? Is there a powershell command. SharePoint Designer is throwing an error.

I deployed a new set of master pages and page layouts and removed my old ones. I missed detaching a couple pages from the page layouts and now when I try to open those pages I'm getting a File Not Found. I've recovered the old page layouts and I still cannot open the pages. I tried detaching the page layout in SharePoint Designer but it's throwing an error "operation is not valid due to the state of the object."

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  • You can change the page layout directly by Editing the page in browser , why do you want to detach ..? , Question is not clear..... How could you remove old page layouts , while it is already atached to some pages..? – vinayak hegde Oct 05 '15 at 09:35
  • I can't edit the page in the browser. When I do I get a file not found message. The page that is missing is the layout page, so I need to detach the layout page so I can edit it in the browser. – user3662078 Oct 05 '15 at 11:09

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I found the solution: I had to download the page and edit the properties in a text editor and then upload the file. DO NOT DELETE THE FILE on the SharePoint site and re-add. It but be copied over the original.

Steps to fix this issue. Download the SharePoint Page. Navigate to the location of the new page layout Take note of the following: 1) Name 2) Title 3) ContentTypeId (IN THE URL).

Edit the Page in text editor - use the values from above without the "*" below. Replace xxx.xxx.com with your site. |mso:ContentTypeId msdt:dt="string"|***ContentTypeId*|/mso:ContentTypeId| |mso:PublishingPageLayoutName msdt:dt="string"|Name|/mso:PublishingPageLayoutName| |mso:PublishingPageLayout msdt:dt="string"|https://xxx.xxx.com/_catalogs/masterpage/Name, Title|/mso:PublishingPageLayout| Upload the Page to the same location as the original.

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