Hello,

I am using VS 2005 and used the starter kit to create an application (file system for the location).

I've followed the instructions pressed CTRL-F5 to run the application.

Chose Auto Instalation option which runs fine until I get the success message.

When clicking on the Go to Portal link the application fails with a redirect error (Redirect Loop: Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.).

Now when I close the browser and press CTRL-F5 it compile without errors or warning I get the following error in the browser:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +101
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +77
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +3424
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +128
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +76

I have tried on 2 different machines and got the same error.

Can somone help? Does this has to do with the web.config?

Here are my DB settings (default stuff):

 <connectionStrings>

<!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules   -->
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />

...

Thank you.