In this article we will be seeing how to change the Advanced Settings for Document library in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell and c#.

Go to Document Library => Library Settings => General Settings =>Advanced Settings.



Using C#:using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:1111/"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)
{
SPList docLibrary=web.Lists["Doc Library"];

// Change the advanced settings

// Update the changes

docLibrary.Update();
}
}
Using PowerShell
$site=Get-SPSite "http://serverName:1111/"
$web=$site.RootWeb
$docLibrary =$web.Lists["Doc Library"]
# Change the advanced settings
$docLibrary.Update()
Content Types:



C#:docLibrary.ContentTypesEnabled = false;

PowerShell:
$docLibrary.ContentTypesEnabled = $false

Opening Documents in the Browser:

C#:// Open in the client applicationdocLibrary.DefaultItemOpen = DefaultItemOpen.PreferClient;

// Open in the browserdocLibrary.DefaultItemOpen = DefaultItemOpen.Browser;

// Use the server defaultdocLibrary.DefaultItemOpenUseListSetting = false;

PowerShell:

#Open in the client application
$docLibrary.DefaultItemOpen = "PreferClient"

#Open in the browser
$docLibrary.DefaultItemOpen = "Browser"

#Use the server default
$docLibrary.DefaultItemOpenUseListSetting = $false
Custom Send To Destination:



C#:docLibrary.SendToLocationName = "Shared Documents";
docLibrary.SendToLocationUrl = "http://serverName:1111/Shared%20Documents/";

PowerShell:

$docLibrary.SendToLocationName = "Shared Documents";
$docLibrary.SendToLocationUrl = "http://serverName:1111/Shared%20Documents/";

Folders:


C#:docLibrary.EnableFolderCreation = false;

PowerShell:$docLibrary.EnableFolderCreation = $false

Search:



C#:docLibrary.NoCrawl = true;

PowerShell:$docLibrary.NoCrawl = $true

Offline Client Availability:

C#:docLibrary.ExcludeFromOfflineClient = true;

PowerShell:

$docLibrary.ExcludeFromOfflineClient = $true

Site Assets Library:



C#:
docLibrary.IsSiteAssetsLibrary = false;

PowerShell:
$docLibrary.IsSiteAssetsLibrary = $false

Datasheet:



C#:
docLibrary.DisableGridEditing = true;

PowerShell:

$docLibrary.DisableGridEditing = $true
Dialogs:



C#:

docLibrary.NavigateForFormsPages = true;

PowerShell:

$docLibrary.NavigateForFormsPages = $true