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SharePoint 2016 On Premise NewForm Error with Designer

Hello, I am using SharePoint 2016 On Premises. I am currently unable to use SharePoint Designer to create any custom form (NewForm, EditForm, DispForm). If I try I get the following error (Could not Save the list changes to the server). That is the only error I get, nothing in the SharePoint logs. I have read that this has been removed from SharePoint Online but I am using SharePoint On Premises. Is it possible that this removal has affected my on premise setup? If so how do I get it back? Thanks.

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@NeddyFlanders-8232,

SharePoint designer is still available in SharePoint server 2016.

Does the issue occur in one list or in all lists?

Please check whether the lookup column in the specific list is missing the corresponding list.

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HI Julie, this is happening on every list. Even a plain list with just Title. Also it is happening on different servers ( development and Production environment) . Unable to customize anything even is list has one basic text field. This is the same with all NewForm, EditForm and DispForms. I am basically unable to customize any form with Designer.

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@NeddyFlanders-8232,

Try as following:

  1. Ran command Get-SPFeature | Sort -Property Id

  2. Searched for a Feature with the property GUID "e374875e-06b6-11e0-b0fa-57f5dfd72085" (name: "Developer")

  3. Ran the following command to disable the feature: Disable-SPFeature -Identity "e374875e-06b6-11e0-b0fa-57f5dfd72085" -Url http://sitecollectionurl

  4. Cleared the contents of C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache\

  5. Reopened the site collection in designer and can add forms to lists without an issue now.

Similar issue:

https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/205243/could-not-save-the-list-changes-to-the-server-in-designer/281121

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@NeddyFlanders-8232,

I’m checking how the things are going on about this issue. Whether the post helps you?

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