Only one web part added to the wp gallery when multiple webpart files specified in module

Question

I'm trying to deploy multiple web parts as part of the same feature. SharePoint itself seems to do this quite happily by specifying multiple File elements in a single Module element (see C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\SearchWebParts); in my case, only the first web part is added to the Web Parts gallery, albeit to the Miscellaneous group instead of the group specified in the Property element.

<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
  <Module Name="WebPartPopulation" Url="_catalogs/wp" Path="WebParts">
    <File Url="Test1.webpart" Type="GhostableInLibrary">
      <Property Name="Group" Value="MyGroup" />
    </File>
    <File Url="Test2.webpart" Type="GhostableInLibrary">
       <Property Name="Group" Value="Mygroup" />
    </File>
  </Module>
</Elements>

My .webpart files are located in the same directory as the elements file; I tried setting Path="" on the Elements element but nothing gets deployed then. Switching around the two File elements deploys Test2.webpart instead of Test1 and Test1.webpart is not added on feature activation. Adding a single File per Module does work but that means duplicating the Module elements.

I'm self-closing the Property elements but that's surely not a sin?? What am I doing wrong?

Michhes Michhes · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-12T03:40:03

The above would seem to be correct: after a reboot and a sleep, both web parts ended up in their proper groups when I came back to it the next day. It's surprising how often I find a reboot fixes up weird SharePoint things like this that even and iisreset won't touch. Maybe other services that should be reset/caching these things?

Only one web part added to the wp gallery when multiple webpart files specified in module

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