Upgrading the Lightning Conductor Web Part

To upgrade to the latest version of the Lightning Conductor Web Part, use the following steps:

1. Download the latest version from your customer portal or the downloads section of our web site.
   
   
2. Unzip the downloaded Lightning Conductor Web Part zip file to your computer.
   
   
3. Copy LightningConductor2010WebPart.wsp to a folder on your SharePoint 2010 server, for example c:\tools, if you did not unzip the download file on your SharePoint server.

To upgrade you can use either Windows PowerShell® commands or the STSADM tool:

Using Windows PowerShell commands

1. Open the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by right-clicking and choosing Run as administator.
   
   
2. On one line, enter the Windows PowerShell command similar to:
   
   Update-SPSolution –Identity LightningConductor2010WebPart.wsp –LiteralPath c:\tools\LightningConductor2010WebPart.wsp –GACDeployment
   
   replacing c:\tools with the location where you stored the WSP file.

!Do not copy and paste this command from this page, as hidden characters may be included which will cause the Windows PowerShell command to fail in your environment.

Using the STSADM tool:

*In order to use STSADM, you must be a local administrator, and the STSADM directory must be included in the Path under System Variables. Otherwise, you will need to navigate to the directory of the STSADM files inside each command prompt instance. The steps below assume the path is already included under System Variables.

1. On the SharePoint server, click on the Start menu >> All Programs >> Accessories and right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.
   
   
2. Enter the following command on one line:
   
   STSADM.exe –o upgradesolution –f c:\tools\LightningConductor2010WebPart.wsp –name LightningConductor2010WebPart.wsp –allowgacdeployment -immediate
   
   replacing c:\tools with the location where you stored the WSP file.
   
   
3. Next, enter the following command:
   
   STSADM.exe –o execadmsvcjobs

!Do not copy and paste this command from this page, as hidden characters may be included which will cause the STSADM command to fail in your environment.

*STSADM has since been deprecated for SharePoint versions after 2010. Microsoft recommends that Powershell is used for command line administrative tasks. Microsoft provides a mapping of STSADM to Powershell commands for SharePoint 2010.

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