SharePoint change document set and items content type to a new content type

I’ll put it simply:

This is a PowerShell script that you can use to change a content type of a library or list to another one. This script can identify between Document Sets and library or list items.

param (
[string]$WebsiteUrl = "http://portal.spdev.com/",
[string]$OldCTName = "DSTestCT",
[string]$NewCTName = "DSTestCT"
)

if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name MicroSoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
{
Add-PsSnapin MicroSoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
}

function Reset-ListContentType ($WebUrl, $ListName, $OldCTName, $NewCTName)
{
$web = $null
try
{
$web = Get-SPWeb $WebUrl

$list = $web.Lists.TryGetList($ListName)
$oldCT = $list.ContentTypes[$OldCTName]

$isChildOfCT = $list.ContentTypes.BestMatch($rootNewCT.ID).IsChildOf($rootNewCT.ID);
if($oldCT -ne $null -and $isChildOfCT -eq $false)
{
$hasOldCT = $true
$isFoldersCTReseted = Reset-SPFolderContentType –web $web -list $list –OldCTName $OldCTName –NewCTName $NewCTName
Reset-SPFileContentType –web $web -list $list –OldCTName $OldCTName –NewCTName $NewCTName
Remove-ListContentType –web $web -list $list –OldCTName $OldCTName –NewCTName $NewCTName
if($hasOldCT -eq $true)
{
Add-ListContentType –web $web -list $list –OldCTName $OldCTName –NewCTName $NewCTName
if($isFoldersCTReseted -eq $true)
{
Set-SPFolderContentType –web $web -list $list –OldCTName $OldCTName –NewCTName $NewCTName
}
}
}


}catch
{

}
finally
{
if($web)
{
$web.Dispose()
}
}

}

function Remove-ListContentType ($web, $list, $OldCTName, $NewCTName)
{


$oldCT = $list.ContentTypes[$OldCTName]

$isChildOfCT = $list.ContentTypes.BestMatch($oldCT.ID).IsChildOf($oldCT.ID);

if($isChildOfCT -eq $true)
{
$list.ContentTypes.Delete($oldCT.ID)
}
$web.Dispose()

return $isChildOfCT
}

function Add-ListContentType ($web, $list, $OldCTName, $NewCTName)
{



$list.ContentTypes.Add($rootNewCT)

$web.Dispose()
}

function Reset-SPFolderContentType ($web, $list, $OldCTName, $NewCTName)
{
#Get web, list and content type objects

$isFoldersCTReseted = $false


$isChildOfCT = $list.ContentTypes.BestMatch($rootNewCT.ID).IsChildOf($rootNewCT.ID);

$oldCT = $list.ContentTypes[$OldCTName]
$folderCT = $list.ContentTypes["Folder"]
$newCT = $rootNewCT

$newCTID = $newCT.ID

#Check if the values specified for the content types actually exist on the list
if (($oldCT -ne $null) -and ($newCT -ne $null))
{
$list.Folders | ForEach-Object {

if ($_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($rootNewCT.ID) -eq $false -and $_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($oldCT.ID) -eq $true -and $_.Folder.ProgID -eq "Sharepoint.DocumentSet")
{
Write-Host "Found a document set: " $_.Name "Processing document set"
$item = $list.GetItemById($_.ID);
$item["ContentTypeId"] = $folderCT.Id
$item.Update()
$isFoldersCTReseted = $true
}
}
}

$web.Dispose()

return $isFoldersCTReseted
}

function Set-SPFolderContentType ($web, $list, $OldCTName, $NewCTName)
{
#Get web, list and content type objects



$folderCT = $list.ContentTypes["Folder"]
$newCT = $list.ContentTypes[$NewCTName]

#Check if the values specified for the content types actually exist on the list
if (($newCT -ne $null))
{
$list.Folders | ForEach-Object {
if ($_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($newCT.ID) -eq $false -and $_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($folderCT.ID) -eq $true -and $_.Folder.ProgID -eq "Sharepoint.DocumentSet")
{
$item = $list.GetItemById($_.ID);
$item["ContentTypeId"] = $newCT.Id
$item.Update()
}
}
}

$web.Dispose()
}


function Reset-SPFileContentType ($web, $list, $OldCTName, $NewCTName)
{
#Get web, list and content type objects



$isChildOfCT = $list.ContentTypes.BestMatch($rootNewCT.ID).IsChildOf($rootNewCT.ID);

$oldCT = $list.ContentTypes[$OldCTName]
$folderCT = $list.ContentTypes["Folder"]
$newCT = $rootNewCT

$newCTID = $newCT.ID

#Check if the values specified for the content types actually exist on the list
if (($oldCT -ne $null) -and ($newCT -ne $null))
{
$list.Folders | ForEach-Object {
if ($_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($rootNewCT.ID) -eq $false -and $_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($oldCT.ID) -eq $true)
{
$_["ContentTypeId"] = $folderCT.Id
$_.Update()
}
}
#Go through each item in the list
$list.Items | ForEach-Object {
Write-Host "Item present CT ID :" $_.ContentType.ID
Write-Host "CT ID To change from :" $oldCT.ID
Write-Host "NEW CT ID to change to:" $rootNewCT.ID

#Check if the item content type currently equals the old content type specified
if ($_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($rootNewCT.ID) -eq $false -and $_.ContentType.ID.IsChildOf($oldCT.ID) -eq $true)
{
#Check the check out status of the file
if ($_.File.CheckOutType -eq "None")
{
Change the content type association for the item
$item = $list.GetItemById($_.ID);
$item.File.CheckOut()
write-host "Resetting content type for file: " $_.Name "from: " $oldCT.Name "to: " $newCT.Name

$item["ContentTypeId"] = $newCTID
$item.UpdateOverwriteVersion()
Write-Host "Item changed CT ID :" $item.ContentType.ID
$item.File.CheckIn("Content type changed to " + $newCT.Name, 1)
}
else
{
write-host "File" $_.Name "is checked out to" $_.File.CheckedOutByUser.ToString() "and cannot be modified"
}
}
else
{
write-host "File" $_.Name "is associated with the content type" $_.ContentType.Name "and shall not be modified"
}
}
}
else
{
write-host "One of the content types specified has not been attached to the list"$list.Title
return
}

$web.Dispose()
}

$web = Get-SPWeb $WebsiteUrl
$rootWeb = $web.Site.RootWeb;
$rootNewCT = $rootWeb.AvailableContentTypes[$NewCTName]

Foreach ($list in $web.Lists) {
Write-Host $list.BaseType
if($list.Hidden -eq $false -and $list.BaseType -eq "DocumentLibrary")
{
Write-Host "Processing list: " $list.Title
Reset-ListContentType –WebUrl $WebsiteUrl –ListName $list.Title –OldCTName $OldCTName –NewCTName $NewCTName
}
}

$web.Dispose()