Thursday, June 14, 2018

SharePoint 2013 security patch issue – AccessKey too long, cannot be more than one character


After installing SharePoint 2013 march updates, when I try to configure User Profile Service Application I got an error saying that - AccessKey too long, cannot be more than one character. By seeing the SharePoint logs, I found an error saying that

Application error when access /_layouts/15/ProfileSynchronizationServiceProvisionPage.aspx, Error=AccessKey too long, cannot be more than one character. Parameter name: value
 at System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl.set_AccessKey(String value)
 at Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.InputFormButtonAtBottom.set_AccessKeyLocId(LocStringId value)
 at ASP._layouts_15_profilesynchronizationserviceprovisionpage_aspx.__BuildControl__control11()
 at ASP._layouts_15_profilesynchronizationserviceprovisionpage_aspx.__BuildControlProfileSyncProvisionSettingsForm()
 at ASP._layouts_15_profilesynchronizationserviceprovisionpage_aspx.__BuildControl__control4(Control __ctrl)
 at System.Web.UI.MasterPage.InstantiateInContentPlaceHolder(Control contentPlaceHolder, ITemplate template)
 at ASP._admin_admin_master.__BuildControlDeltaPlaceHolderMain()
 at ASP._admin_admin_master.__BuildControl__control27()
 at ASP._admin_admin_master.__BuildControlSPHtmlTag()
 at ASP._admin_admin_master.__BuildControlTree(_admin_admin_master __ctrl)
 at System.Web.UI.MasterPage.CreateMaster(TemplateControl owner, HttpContext context, VirtualPath masterPageFile, IDictionary contentTemplateCollection)
 at System.Web.UI.Page.ApplyMasterPage()
 at System.Web.UI.Page.PerformPreInit()
 at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

I have verified the details about the issue I don’t see any clues about the issue. Some suggested to replace the /_layouts/15/ProfileSynchronizationServiceProvisionPage.aspx file from Stage/Dev. But I cannot risk that with my production environment. I have seen same issue few other people and they have the same error after installing March 2018 updates as the TechNet forum.

After two days Stefan Goßner posted the fix for the issue.  Here are the steps to fix the issue,
  1. Delete the content of the following folder:
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files
  2. Restart IIS . This will allow aspx pages to recompile.