Just doing some pre-upgrade checks on SharePoint 2007. Want to make sure that everything is working as it is before upgrading.
As part of this I went to edit my profile on my personal site. Whenever I did though, I got an error message stating 404 File Not Found. Symptoms are described exactly in this Microsoft KB. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924399
Started reading through the solution, and walking through the steps. I hesitated on adding another Managed Path though, as there were already managed paths for MySite and Personal.
My advice is to skip to point 3 of the solution first and check that. In my case, it was that the Personal Site Services URL in SharedServices had been changed, which was causing the link to fail.
- Under Shared Services Administration, click Shared Service Provider (SSP).
- On the home page, click My Site settings under User Profiles and My Sites.
- On the My Site settings page, type the URL of the included path in the Personal site provider box in the Personal Site Services area.
- Configure the options that you want for the other settings, and then click OK.
In my case, putting ‘/mysite’ at the end of the URL and saving it solved the problem.
So, if you already have a load of Managed Paths, which include MySite, then check your URL first. May save you some time.
