In SharePoint, you can rename the “Title” column to something else, but now if you try to revert back to “Title” then you are not allowed. You would get following message:
“The column name that you entered is already in use or reserved. Choose another name.”
Does this make sense? In my opinion, if SharePoint uses “Title” as a reserved word then it should restrict people from changing the name of the column from “Title”. So, I consider this as a bug.
So, what is the solution?
If you notice, the restriction is coming from a client side script. So, I assume there is no restriction if you want to do this programmatically. However, I have not tried it 
I wanted a faster solution. So, here’s what I did:
- Edited the file (<Drive>\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\FldEdit.aspx) after keeping a backup. Added “return false;” as line no. 1449
- Replace the original file with the file attched.
- Perform the field name correction.
- Test that everything is OK.
- Replace the changed file with the original one.
Happy SharePoint-ing!!!
Tags: MOSS, SharePoint, Title Column, WSS
