How to set StartMediaIds on a user?

dammark · August 21, 2025, 9:51pm

How do I set StartMediaIds on a user when it can only contain integers, and all folders are GUIDs ?

src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/IUser.cs

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          public interface IUser : IMembershipUser, IRememberBeingDirty
          {
              UserState UserState { get; }
          
              string? Name { get; set; }
          
              int SessionTimeout { get; set; }
          
              int[]? StartContentIds { get; set; }
          
              int[]? StartMediaIds { get; set; }
          
              string? Language { get; set; }
          
              DateTime? InvitedDate { get; set; }
          
              /// <summary>
              ///     Gets the groups that user is part of
              /// </summary>
              IEnumerable<IReadOnlyUserGroup> Groups { get; }

jemayn · August 22, 2025, 6:54am

It still has an int id underneath, Umbraco just removed (prematurely in my opinion) any easy way of seeing the ID in the backoffice.

This would not be a problem if everything had moved to be key based but they have not as you found.

The quickest way I have found to find it again is to search on the guid in Examine in the `__key` field.