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Enable folder creation for list in SharePoint using CSOM

Steps
  1. Open Visual Studio in your system
  2. Select Console Applciation template and give as name "Enablefolder"
  3. Add a Microsoft.Cleint Assembly refrence file in right side refrence tab in visual studio.
  4. Replace Program.cs with the source code below.
  1. using System;  
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;  
  3. using System.Linq;  
  4. using System.Text;  
  5. using System.Threading.Tasks;  
  6. using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;  
  7. namespace CSOMCodeSamples  
  8. {  
  9. class Program  
  10. {  
  11. static void Main(string[] args)  
  12. {  
  13. // ClientContext - Get the context for the SharePoint Site  
  14.   
  15. ClientContext clientContext = new  
  16. ClientContext("http://gauti.sharepoint.com/sites/sp");  
  17. // Get the SharePoint web  
  18. Web web = clientContext.Web;  
  19. // Get the SharePoint list by title  
  20. List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle("Newbook");  
  21. // Enable folder creation for the custom list  
  22. list.EnableFolderCreation = true;  
  23. // Update the list  
  24. list.Update();  
  25. // Execute the query to the server.  
  26.   
  27. clientContext.ExecuteQuery();  
  28. }  
  29. }  
  30. } 
Output:

Hit F5 and see the magix happend in SharePoint 2013. Hope you have enjoyed this.!!! :-)

If you want to check the output goto Listsettings-->Select Advanced Settings-->Check the settings has been enbled Successfully.