Tips & tricks

If you get an error when installing the AppFabric prerequisite with the prerequisiteinstaller.exe provided on the Sharepoint 2013 DVD, check your PSModulePath environment variable. There could be a trailing double-quote : > C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\PowerShell\Modules;c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server\PowershellModules "  Delete it and re-run the installer. #1

If you get the error message The specified file was not found. when running the command  Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath XXXXXXXX but the XXXXXXX file exists and the connected user has the right to read this file, execute the two following steps before executing the command: Run the Power Shell as Administrator (right click > Run as administrator) Do NOT copy paste the command, parameter and file but write it by hand entirely! Use the tab completion to ensure correct spelling. (In my case the XXXXXXX file was  'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\SharePoint 2010 Administration Tookit\Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Connectors\spcmis.wsp')