I am facing problem while insatlling DotnetNuke

The error message is like that:-

Could not find file 'D:\dotnetnuke\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\DotNetNuke_template.mdf'.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'D:\dotnetnuke\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\DotNetNuke_template.mdf'.

Source Error:

The source code that generated this unhandled exception can only be shown when compiled in debug mode. To enable this, please follow one of the below steps, then request the URL: 1. Add a "Debug=true" directive at the top of the file that generated the error. Example:   <%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %> or: 2) Add the following section to the configuration file of your application: <configuration>    <system.web>        <compilation debug="true"/>    </system.web> </configuration> Note that this second technique will cause all files within a given application to be compiled in debug mode. The first technique will cause only that particular file to be compiled in debug mode. Important: Running applications in debug mode does incur a memory/performance overhead. You should make sure that an application has debugging disabled before deploying into production scenario.

Stack Trace:

[FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'D:\dotnetnuke\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\DotNetNuke_template.mdf'.] System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) +2014237 System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) +488 DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider.GetProviderPath() +220 DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.GetUpgradeStatus() +335 DotNetNuke.Common.Global.CheckVersion() +187 DotNetNuke.Common.Global.Application_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs E) +316

I dont know why This problem is coming can anyone please help me to find it.

That sucks **moderator edit - profanity understood, but removed :) **. Fortunately, my largest DNN website (ie the one that would take me the longest to rebuild from scratch) is still running 3.2.2 so I'll contact 1and 1 to downgrade that site to .Net 1.1.

The other sites have already been upgraded to 4.0, so Im going to have to try and downgrade that, but Im already thinking it's going to be a "do-over" and prepare to move to a new host when the year is up.

I'm still going to try what that earlier post recommended and change the defaultmaxsize to 4096, just to see if it works, before trying to downgrade.

 

Although I still have an account with 1&1 and host webs there I have recently opened an account with WebHost4Life to try them out. WH4L on paper look like the same price as 1&1 but there are plenty of hidden costs that they don't tell you about until you try and add features that come included in the 1&1 price. For example, "unlimited domain pointing" in WH4L parlance means 2 domains and you pay $15/year for each extra after that. 1&1 really is unlimited. On WH4L you also have to pay extra for each email domain that you want to use ($10/year I think) which is included on the 1&1 packages.

However, if you can live with the concept of not knowing what extras you have to pay for then try WH4L as you can run ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 side-by-side.

I recently had to ask 1&1 to downgrade me from ASP.NET 2.0 to 1.1 because it broke a bunch of stuff I had and 1&1 don't offer side-by-side 1.1 and 2.0 like WH4L.

I too am interested in installing DNN on 1&1 but I don't want to have to install 3.x and then go through an upgrade process later. I want to go straight for 4.x (currently 4.3) on ASP.NET 2.0 so I will keep an eye on this thread and wait until some solutions are found.

I am thinking that 1&1 would do well letting their 2nd tier MS customers have 2 accounts in their package. 1 with ASP.NET 1.1 and another with 2.0 which would probably solve a lot of people's problems...

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