I am getting the following error since I upgraded from v 4.8.0 to v5.2.2.

GoDaddy recommened I uninstall and do a re-install.  My question is will a re-insall low away my current websit/portal info.

I have backed up my SQL Server Info and also the entire "dotnetnuke" directory.  Will I have to do a restore or does the install presever the existing portal info.

Upgrading DotNetNuke

Current Assembly Version: 05.02.02

Current Database Version: 05.02.02

Upgrade Status Report

00:00:00.015 - Upgrading to Version: 05.02.02
00:00:00.015 - Performing General Upgrades
 

Server Error in '/dotnetnuke' Application.

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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>

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Ok.  I modified my web.config and here is the latest error.

Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.

Source Error:

Line 1:  <browsers>
Line 2:  
Line 3:  	<!-- sample UA "Mozilla/5.0+(X11;+U;+Linux+i686;+en-US;+rv:1.9.0.10)+Gecko/2009042523+Ubuntu/9.04+(jaunty)+Firefox/3.0.10" -->

Server Error in '/dotnetnuke' Application.

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Parser Error

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3603; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3053

Ok.  I modified my web.config and here is the latest error.

Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.

I had never encountered that particular error but a bit of searching on Google turned up many results all of which related to having installed FrontPage extensions on the server or having used SharePoint Designer or Expression Web to publish the site. This caused folders named _vti_cnf to be created in many of a site's folders. In most cases, these folders (which contain information used by FrontPage, etc. to know which files have changed and need to be republished) cause no problem to an ASP.Net website. HOWEVER, if a _vti_cnf folder is created in the website's App_Browsers folder, an exception identical to yours will be generated.

Please check the folder /dotnetnuke/App_Browsers for the existance of a folder named _vti_cnf. If it is present, delete it and all of its contents. Then, try re-visiting your site.

EDITED: I responded with the above to your 5.2.2 error before noticing that you had a later post in the moderation queue. I'll address that error separately.