Change SPWeb Properties, CreateFriendlyUrlsForNewPages and CreateFriendlyUrlsForNewPages for SharePoint 2013 Navigation

Use the following Powershell in order to change the behavior of the managed navigation when you create a new page. Replace whether by true or false in order to fit the needs.


Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -erroraction SilentlyContinue
$site = Get-SPSite $siteUrl;

$site.AllWebs | foreach {

$webNav = $_.Properties["_webnavigationsettings"];
$webNav ;

#Replace  AddNewPagesToNavigation="True"  and  CreateFriendlyUrlsForNewPages="True" 


$webNav = $webNav.Replace('AddNewPagesToNavigation="True"','AddNewPagesToNavigation="False"');
$webNav = $webNav.Replace('CreateFriendlyUrlsForNewPages="True"','CreateFriendlyUrlsForNewPages="False"');
$_.Properties["_webnavigationsettings"] = $webNav;
$_.Properties.Update();
$_.Update();
}