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An_admin_123
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Apr 11, 2023

Converting classic pages to modern

I am migrating SharePoint from on-premises to on-line.  The process has copied lots of pages over which are in the classic mode and I want to convert them to modern.  I really don't have time to recr...
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An_admin_123
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Apr 18, 2023
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/transform/modernize-userinterface-site-pages-powershell

I took the script from there and tried to use it. Of course, I'm not a programmer (or interested in being one) so it's all a little out of my usual scope. I only changed the address it points at.

The line

$pages = Get-PnPListItem -List sitepages -PageSize 500

seems relevant. If I change sitepages to site pages it says:

A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'pages'.

I have a "Site Pages" page library in Site Contents.
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ganeshsanap
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Apr 19, 2023

An_admin_123 Document library display name and internal name (URL name) can be different in SharePoint. So, use this: 

 

$pages = Get-PnPListItem -List "Site Pages" -PageSize 500

Where there is a space in display name of list/library, you have to enclose it inside double quotes as shown above.

 

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    An_admin_123
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 19, 2023
    Yes! It seems the command is case sensitive too. I had tried but it has to be "Site Pages", not "site pages". Now it runs at least, even if it doesn't seem to achieve much. It claims to have convereted the pages but they look the same.