I tried to upgrade my site from 05.02.00 to 05.02.01 earlier. I know my host has everything needed to run it, and previous upgrades for prior versions have worked with no problems.
However, after uploading all the files in the upgrade zip, when trying to access either the index page, or the upgrade page, I simply get a runtime error page:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.
Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".
<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
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Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.
<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
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My host is simply a friend who hosts my site (and a few other sites) off his own server on his home connection, so although he does know what he is doing, I can't really contact him and get it fixed immediately, and I would prefer to try and fix it myself without having to rely on him to fix it every time something like this happens..
I only have web and ftp access to his server (ftp is for my site only).
I've tried backing up the web.config file, then editing it to show errors remotely, but this doesn't seem to have worked either.
I would asume i'm looking at a complete reinstallation to fix whatever went wrong, but i'm unsure how to proceed while preserving the site setup and layout.
Does anyone know how to fix this?