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Operation name: Activatefeature
Description
Activates a feature in the feature collection. You must first determine the scope of the feature. If the scope is Web-based or is a site collection scope, the url parameter is required. However, if the scope is farm-based, the url parameter is not required.
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| If you try to use the url parameter on a farm-scoped feature, you will receive the following error message: “The feature ‘<feature name>’ applies to the entire farm; the URL parameter cannot be used with farm-scoped features." |
Syntax
stsadm -o activatefeature
{-filename <relative path to Feature.xml> | -name <feature folder> | -id <feature ID>}
[-url] <URL name>
[-force]
Parameters
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Parameter |
Value |
Required? |
Description |
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filename |
A valid file path, such as "MyFeature\Feature.xml" |
Yes |
Path to feature must be a relative path to the 12\Template\Features directory. Can be any standard character that the Windows system supports for a file name.
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name |
Name of the feature directory, such as “MyFeature” |
Yes |
Name of the feature folder located in the 12\Template\Features directory |
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id |
A valid GUID, such as “21d186e1-7036-4092-a825-0eb6709e9280” |
Yes |
GUID that identifies the feature to activate
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url |
A valid URL, such as http://server_name |
Yes |
URL of the Web application, site collection, or Web site to which the feature is being activated |
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force |
<none> |
No |
Activates a feature. This causes any custom code associated with the feature to rerun. |