cannot create site template

Question

i have the sharepoint 2010 site where i want that to make a site template from existing the site, but every time i receive error. in sharepoint logs i receive error

Unable to open Lookup list '{b37ef198-8e59-423a-ada6-a39920773a73}'.[Error was 0x81020026] Unable to open Lookup list '{06c9e60d-1eb2-4ec0-b943-499dc3507703}'.[Error was 0x81020026] Unable to open Lookup list '{5d8323b6-fcac-42ec-a341-89edf986ee3e}'.[Error was 0x81020026] Failed to cache field with id "{99f67f83-060a-44e0-8abf-016bd249a553}", overwrite=0

those lists does not exists on my site. what i do, how i resolve this problem.

Answer 1

@gogi100 This issue may be caused by some legacy lists or fields.

To resolve this issue, as you cannot find them via UI, you can try to remove them via PowerShell.

To remove a legacy list, you can use the following cmdlets:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Get-SPWeb "http://YourWebURL" | Where-Object { $_.Lists.Delete([System.Guid]"{8a0aa5b1-3dd2-4b89-8d94-a4a6a7b336c1}") }

Note: you need to change the GUID to your owns in the error message.

To remove a legacy field, you can use the following cmdlets:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

$Web = Get-SPWeb "http://YourWebURL/"

foreach ($field in $web.Fields)
{
    if($field.Id -eq "43de0d0f-d9fc-46dd-ab43-19f8b9d219c1")
    {
      $field.Delete()
      write-output “Title: $($field.Title) | ID: $($field.Id) has deleted”
    }
}
 
$web.Dispose()

Note: you need to change the GUID of the above cmdlets to your field GUID in the error message.

Result is like:

After removing these problematic lists and fields, re-save the site template again and create a new site using the new site template. Please have a try and let's know the result. :)

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Answer 2

i receive next message

Exception calling "Delete" with "1" argument(s): "????? ?? ???????
???????? ???? ??? ???????? ?????? ????? ???? ?? ???????. ?????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???
????? ???? ????? ????????."
At line:1 char:80
+ Get-SPWeb "http://sharepoint-site/" | Where-Object {$_.Lists.Dele
te <<<< ([System.Guid]"{5d8323b6-fcac-42ec-a341-89edf986ee3e}")}
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException