Disable Event (ItemUpdated) with powershell

Question

Hello,

I'm trying to update an item in a list without firing the ItemUpdated-Event. In SP2007 this was possible with EnableEventFiring () and DisableEventFiring() - now MSDN says its obsolete. I'm wondering if there is a way to disable Events from powershell for an update? Any hints for me?

 

Cheers and thanks for your time!

Max

Answer 1

Hi MaxMelcher,

 

As what you said, the “EnableEventFiring” is obsolete for sharepoint 2010. I don’t know if there is a way to enable it using PowerShell. But Sharepoint 2010 has created a new property “EventFiringEnabled” to replace the “EnableEventFiring” method.

 

More information about “EventFiringEnabled”

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.speventreceiverbase.eventfiringenabled.aspx

 

Also here is an article about toggling events, I think it’s helpful to you.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mjsabby/archive/2010/01/24/disabling-events-in-sharepoint-2007-and-sharepoint-2010.aspx

Answer 2

Is there actual a way to set this via Powershell?

Answer 3

See this forums post for explanation how to switch off eventfiring for a certain Powershell thread.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepoint2010setup/thread/6262b472-e4f6-4a37-963a-e05115f9198c

Just tried and it works perfectly fine.