Event ID 7043 - TaxonomyPicker.aspx

Problem: On SharePoint 2010 you may run into the following error (Has been here since Beta).

Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'.

It looks like this in your Application Event Log:

Resolution: You will want to rename "TaxonomyPicker.ascx" to "TaxonomyPicker.ascx_broken" so SharePoint does not try to recompile it each time the AppPool is started.

• EDIT File Location: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES
• Note: This user control is never used within SharePoint and serves no real purpose.

There have been multiple posts on ways this can be fixed but the above seems to be the only way that it does not come back.

• http://todd-carter.com/post/2010/05/03/Help-Wanted-Taxonomy-Picker.aspx
• http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010setup/thread/c894d98c-24ab-416c-aca9-ae57644deb5e.

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