Name cannot begin with the '\' character, hexadecimal value 0x5C

Hi

 

While extending a claim based web application I get the error :

Name cannot begin with the '\' character, hexadecimal value 0x5C. Line 858, position 42.

Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation.

Correlation ID: b2bdf10b-33d2-4630-8bab-8054c6ce310c

Date and Time: 5/13/2011 3:16:10 AM

 

any idea why it happen so .

 

In the log:

 

 

05/13/2011 04:03:37.57     w3wp.exe (0x0954)                           0x1A00    SharePoint Foundation             Runtime                           tkau    Unexpected    System.Xml.XmlException: Name cannot begin with the '\' character, hexadecimal value 0x5C. Line 858, position 42.    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)     at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()     at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()     at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()     at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)     at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)     at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)     at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyZoneSettingsToWebConfig(Uri responseUri, SPIisSettings settings)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.Provision()     at Microsoft.SharePo...    16bc3d6e-05e4-45d0-984c-813ed7e0c515
05/13/2011 04:03:37.57*    w3wp.exe (0x0954)                           0x1A00    SharePoint Foundation             Runtime                           tkau    Unexpected    ...int.ApplicationPages.ExtendWebFarmPage.BtnSubmit_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)     at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)     at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)     at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)    16bc3d6e-05e4-45d0-984c-813ed7e0c515

Reply 1

In the app keys for main web application which is being extended; there was a key which referred a shared location like : "\\hemant1236\dropOff". The characters \\ in this app keys were the culprit. When I commented out this key , the web application was able to extend successfully.