How to uncheck the overwrite check box in Upload.aspx page ?

Hey.

Very common issue, that I was also asked to do over clients in past version of Sharepoint too.

Well, by default when you create a Doclib , in the upload.aspx page the "overwrite" checkbox is checked. The outcome is that people overwrites files by accident.

So how you uncheck this checkbox on all your doclibs ? Change it in the templates.

This is how -

in Wss 2.0 , go your sharepoint hive, under the TEMPLATE folder ( TEMPLATE\1033\SPSTOC\LISTS\DOCLIB ) - backup the Schema.xml file and change the follwing lines :

change the value to FALSE.

And then scroll a bit down and track down this line -

and delete the word CHECKED.

Now save the file, do an iisreset - and the upload.aspx page is done.

in Wss 3.0, it's even simplier because all of those pages are application pages.

Just go to the sharepoint hive ( 12\template\layouts ) , backup and open the upload.aspx file.
Track down this line -

and just change the "Checked" attribue to "false".

BE AWARE - on every hotfix/service pack you need to check that the file hasnt change. If it did, remember to fix it again.

Enjoy.