Hi All,
Thanks in advance for your help.
I by mistake took ownership of all files with no checked in version on a library. Now all the files are checked out to my name. I lost the details whom they were originally checked out to. All the files were checked out to different users. How can I restore their check out to their previous values prior to myself taking ownership.
I need to restore it back to their names whom they were originally checked out.
Please help before being caught to client.
Thanks,
Vignesh Natarajan
I guess if user do not provide metadata field values when uploading documents, then those files will be in check-out mode and available inside Library Settings->Manage files which have no checked in version option for administrator. now you have taken ownership from Manage files which have no checked in version option. So all files are check-out by you, But still last modified by properties contains previously checkout user value. But it’s not possible to perform discard checkout because there is no any previous version exist.Â
Microsoft also providing error message like: You cannot discard check out because there is no checked in version of the document
Hope it would be helpful.
