Tried to install 4.0.2 with SQL 2005 Express following the instructions.

Installed a database and provided the permissions, but seems in the web.config there is actually no place for the SQL 2005 Express to provide the proper database/filename with path?

Also, in the defaultProvider="SqlDataProvider" section there is a reference "templateFile="DotNetNuke_template.mdf"

Which is a file that I can't fibnd anywhere and a key that is not referenced either.

In a future rewrite of the DNN Manual it would be helpful to add a section on SQL 2005 Express as it seems a lot of people struggle with this.

Any help appreciated.

 

This suggestion did not resolve the issue. Did anyone find a solution.

The 'Installation Guide" does not address this. There is an image (p. 15) of the code surrounding this line 'templateFile="DotNetNuke_template.mdf"'
without this specific line in the code.

I tried commenting out this line and I receive an error and I tried removing this line and I still receive an error.

DotNetNuke_template.mdf errors point back to your connection string. Insert your SQL 2005 instance name in the place of ".\SQLExpress" (i.e. .\INSTANCENAME) and also, make sure your database name is correct in the string. Replace "database.mdf" with your database name. And lastly the database needs to be created in the path "DotNetNuke\App_Data"