Sharepoint Troubleshooting: Sharepoint lists don't show up in Sharepoint designer

Issue

You can sometime come across issue when your SharePoint designer doesn't show up the lists on your SharePoint site.

Cause

This generally happens due to different kind of error.

Solution

Checked the ULS logs as to why you're not able to view lists in the Sharepoint Designer.

Error description

Original error: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Feature '5eddb2fc-745f-4068-997e-b100f144d509' for list template '10003' is not installed in this farm.  The operation could not be completed. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: <nativehr>0x8107058a</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>Feature '5eddb2fc-745f-4068-997e-b100f144d509' for list template '10003' is not installed in this farm.  The operation could not be completed.   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.GetListContentTypes(String bstrUrl, String bstrListName, ISPDataCallback pXMLCallback)   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.GetListContentTypes(String bstrUrl, String bstrListName, ISPDataCallback pXMLCallback)     -

-- End of inner exception stack trace ---   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleComException(COMException comEx)   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.GetListContentTypes(String bstrUrl, String bstrListName, ISPDataCallback pXMLCallback)   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentTypeCollection.FetchCollection(IList`1 exceptions)   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList.get_DefaultContentTypeOrder()   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFolder.get_ContentTypeOrder()   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFolder.get_ContentTypeOrder_Client()   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.ServerStub.SPFolderServerStub.WriteOnePropertyValueAsJson(JsonWriter writer, Object target, ClientQueryProperty field, ProxyContext proxyContext)   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerStub.WriteAsJson(JsonWriter writer, Object obj, ClientObjectQuery objectQuery, ProxyContext proxyContext)   

 at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerStub.WriteAsJsonWithMonitoredScope(JsonWriter writer, Object value, ClientObjectQuery objectQuery, ProxyContext proxyContext)

Solution

From this error you got to understand that the list template 10003 is not there on your site.

Investigation shows that you might have deactivated the list feature that contained the list template in that.

So the fix is simple i.e. to activate the feature that contained the list.