2014-09-22

ECB Missing on Manage User Profiles page in Central Administration

Today I was working on SharePoint 2013 dev machine when I was trying to sync AD accounts with SharePoint. I wanted to set emails for accounts to test workflow tasks but I was surprised I couldn't edit user profiles because ECB menus were not rendered on Manage User Profiles (ProfMngr.aspx) page:

Apparently the problem lies in the fact that CA site was browsed with IE 11. To fix this problem, site has to be added to compatibility view list. In Internet Explorer 11 open Tools menu and choose Compatibility View Settings menu item while browsing CA site. The following window should open:

Click the Add button. Window should now look like this:

Close the window and voila, now ECB should be rendered. Notice how grid lines are added to the list: