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Install-SPSolution : This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application

Install-SPSolution : This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application

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Pieter Veenstra

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Install-SPSolution

Today I tried to deploy a solution through PowerShell with the command:

Install-SPSolution–Identity helpdesk.wsp–WebApplication $ServerURL -GACDeployment

I then got the following error:

Install-SPSolution : This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application and cannot be deployed to a particular Web application.

At C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\HelpDeskTemplate\HelpDesk\installsolutions.ps1:68 char:4

+ Install-SPSolution –Identity helpdesk.wsp –WebApplication$ServerUrl -G …

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share…InstallSolution:SPCmdletInstallSolution) [Install-SPSolution], SPException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletInstallSolution

A bit silly of course. This .wsp contains only a site definition and with the above command I was trying to deploy the solution to a specific SharePoint application. As this template is used within Central Admin to create a new site collection this should fail.

The solution

Run the command without the WebApplication switch:

Install-SPSolution–Identity helpdesk.wsp -GACDeployment

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2 responses to “Install-SPSolution : This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application”

  1. moner@hotmail.com Avatar
    moner@hotmail.com

    Thanks for the notes. However I wonder why the “WebApplication” switch was provided then !!!!

    Yu

    1. Pieter Veenstra Avatar
      Pieter Veenstra

      Hi Yu,

      The WebApplication switch is there in case there are web application scoped features/resources in your solution and you want to deploy the solution to a limited set of applications.

      Thanks,

      Pieter

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