Yeah - it's definitely best to delete accounts through the API when possible. Part of why is that they are generally soft deleted, which helps prevent bad references when other random tables are looking for a specific user.

Do you have a backup of some sort? You could restore to a different DB and then compare the two users tables to see what was deleted. Or, depending on your circumstances, restore the db from an older version.

If you don't have many custom modules and things, I suppose it wouldn't be that hard to write a script that could identify references in core tables to missing user accounts. That could give you a sense of where your problems are...

Mike

Could this be creating my issues with Page Settings? This is what I get trying to get the Page Settings for any page:

Server Error in '/new' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:


[No relevant source lines]

Source File: c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\new\6435f342\d6fad868\App_Web_s5w5vgqw.0.cs Line: 0

Stack Trace:


[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.PermissionProvider.DefaultImplicitRoles(Int32 portalId) +65
DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.PermissionProvider.ImplicitRolesForPages(Int32 portalId) +5
DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.Controls.TabPermissionsGrid.IsImplicitRole(Int32 portalId, Int32 roleId) +53
DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.Controls.TabPermissionsGrid.GetEnabled(PermissionInfo objPerm, RoleInfo role, Int32 column) +19
DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.Controls.PermissionsGrid.BindRolesGrid() +700
DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.Controls.PermissionsGrid.BindData() +23
DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.Controls.PermissionsGrid.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) +18
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +83
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +155
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +974

[PageLoadException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions.ProcessPageLoadException(Exception exc, String URL) +449
DotNetNuke.Framework.PageBase. (EventArgs e) +469
System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e) +79
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +6695
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +245
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() +72
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) +21
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) +58
ASP.default_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\new\6435f342\d6fad868\App_Web_s5w5vgqw.0.cs:0
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +341
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +69

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.34237

Ans when I am on the Page Management tab, all I see is the treeview. There is nothing to the right of it like it used to be.

Thanks,

NUZZI