I have spent the last 4 hours deleting different 3rd party modules, restoring and upgrading.  Each step was the same, no errors on upgrade but get the original file manager message when I access the website.

Here is a list of the modules that are currently on the server:

  Name   Version  
  Account Login  1.0.0  
  Announcements  4.0.3   
  Banners Banner  1.0.0   
  Blog    4.1.1   
  Calendar  3.0.10   
  Calendar  3.0.10   
  Chat    1.0.1   
  Configuration Manager 1.0.0   
  Console   1.0.0   
  Contacts   3.1.0   
  ContentList   1.0.0   
  Dashboard   1.0.0   
  Discussions   3.1.0   
  Documents   5.0.0   
  Events   5.2.3   
  Extensions    1.0.0   
  FAQs    4.5.1   
  Feed Explorer  1.0.0   
  Feedback   5.1.0   
  File Manager   1.0.0   
  FlashPhotoAlbum  1.0.0   
  Gallery   4.4.0   
  Google Adsense  1.0.1   
  Google Analytics  1.0.0   
  Help    3.0.2   
  Host    1.0.0   
  HTML    5.6.8   
  IFrame  4.4.0   
  Image   3.1.0   
  Inventua   3.0.6   
  Inventua   3.0.3   
  Inventua   3.0.0   
  Inventua   3.1.0   
  Languages    1.0.0   
  Links   6.0.0   
  Lists   1.0.0   
  Log Viewer   1.0.0   
  Map    1.0.9   
  Marketplace   1.0.0   
  MarketShare   1.0.0   
  Media   4.0.0   
  Messaging   5.6.5   
  News Feeds   4.2.2   
  Newsletters   1.0.0   
  Onyak Sigma-Pro 2.3.0   
  PhotoAlbum   1.3.0   
  Portals   1.0.0   
  Recycle Bin   1.0.0   
  Reports    5.1.0   
  Repository   3.5.6   
  Repository Dashboard  3.1.14   
  Repository Dashboard  3.5.6    
  Scheduler   1.0.0   
  Search Admin   1.0.0   
  Search Input   1.0.0   
  Search Results  1.0.0   
  Site Log   1.0.0   
  Site Wizard   1.0.0   
  Sitemap    1.0.0   
  Skin Designer  1.0.0   
  Skins    1.0.0
  Solutions   1.0.0   
  SQL    1.0.0   
  Store Account  2.1.36   
  Store Admin   2.1.36   
  Store Catalog  2.1.36   
  Store Menu   2.1.36   
  Store Mini   2.1.36   
  Survey Survey  4.70.0   
  Tabs Administrator 1.0.0   
  Taxonomy Manager  5.6.8   
  Users And Roles  1.0.0   
  UsersOnline   5.1.0   
  Vendors   1.0.0   
  ViewProfile    1.0.0
  Whats New?   3.3.0   
  WhatsNew   1.0.0   
  Wiki   4.5.0   
  Xml Module    6.0.3   
  XMod XMod  5.1.0   
  XMod FormView  5.0.0
 

 The strange thing is, the Repository Dashboard also has two instances in my working 6.2.8 DNN webserver and the versions in both DNN servers the Repository Dashboard versions are the same.  I will delete one instance and see if that helps.

I will also delete the Contacts module.

You sure have a lot of very old module versions installed.



I would first uninstall any and all (except for system ones - most of which have a 1.0.0  version) that are NOT in use anywhere in the site (or sites if this installation has more than one portal). Since all assemblies in the /bin folder are loaded on start-up, the namespace conflict could be caused by a module that is installed but not in use anywhere in the site(s). Be sure that the assemblies (.dll files) actually get deleted from the /bin folder when the module is uninstalled.

I would be particularly suspicious of any dynamic module that has code in the App_Code folder as those are more prone to causing namespace ambiguity issues. Modules which extensively manipulate the file system are the most likely ones that might have defined a FileManager class.

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Bill, WESNet Designs
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