Change how long a listitem is considered a new item – (SetPropery – DaysToShowNewIndicator)

There is this little green !NEW icon next to new items. But what if you want the item to show as new for longer than the default 2 days?

It can be changed to as many days as you would want.

It’s a Virtual Server property and in SharePoint that relates to a Web Application, so this value will be used for all lists in the webapplication.

Change it via stsadm:
stsadm -o setproperty -pn days-to-show-new-icon -pv 7 -url [Url to your web application]

Pn stands for parameter name, and pv for parameter value.

This will change it so items are listed as new for a full week. If you set it to 0 then it will not appear at all.

It’s also a property to an SPWebApplication object, so you can change it through code too, but stsadm is by far faster.

To change it via a little console program try this:

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using System;
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using Microsoft.SharePoint;
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using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
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namespace CodeJourney.ChangeListItemNewPeriod
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{
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  class Program
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  {
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    static void Main(string[] args)
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    {
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      //Change to point to your rootsite.
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      using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://tsd-mosstest/"))
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      {
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        using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
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        {
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          SPWebApplication WebApp = SPWebApplication.Lookup(new Uri(site.RootWeb.Url));
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          int DaysToDisplayAsNew = 7
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          WebApp.DaysToShowNewIndicator = DaysToDisplayAsNew;
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          Console.WriteLine("Press any button");
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          Console.Read();
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        }
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      }
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    }
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  }
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}
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The property is from the Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration namespace.
Remember to add a reference to the Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

To just see how many days it’s set to right now:

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using System;
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using Microsoft.SharePoint;
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using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
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namespace CodeJourney.ChangeListItemNewPeriod
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{
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  class Program
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  {
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    static void Main(string[] args)
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    {
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      //Change to point to your rootsite.
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      using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://tsd-mosstest/"))
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      {
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        using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
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        {
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          SPWebApplication WebApp = SPWebApplication.Lookup(new Uri(site.RootWeb.Url));
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          Console.WriteLine("DaysToShowNewIndicator:"+WebApp.DaysToShowNewIndicator.ToString());
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          Console.WriteLine("Press any button");
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          Console.Read();
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        }
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      }
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    }
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  }
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}
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