I decided to start over since I had figured out my connection string errors - re-install using the install package of 4.3.5. So I dropped the database, deleted all the files, unzipped the install zip file. Remotely, on a server.

This time I got the web.config file correct the first time!

And I thought it was going to work! The DNN install went through all the versions 3, and the versions 4, with success after success ... and then the installation of the core desktop modules began. Again, it looked good ... until the forum installation, and it bombed.

Back to this:

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:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +125
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +83
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +5768
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64

????

I have dropped the database and cleaned out the file system at least five times, and have tried to install 4.3.5 and 4.3.4.

The install goes along fine until somewhere in the middle of the desktop modules, when I get an error. I put customErrors to "Off" before starting the install and it is "Thread was being aborted."

Could this be a TimeOut issue? Is this a problem with DNN? Possibly a problem with a setting at my host?

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Server Error in '/' Application.
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Thread was being aborted.
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.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Thread was being
aborted.

Source Error:


      An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the
exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.


Stack Trace:


[ThreadAbortException: Thread was being aborted.]
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean&
completedSynchronously) +483
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ResumeSteps(Exception error) +539
   System.Web.HttpApplication.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.BeginProcessRequest(HttpContext
context, AsyncCallback cb, Object extraData) +144
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +403

Does anyone have a solution to this?  I have seen this on like 20 posts througout this forum.

I am getting the same error.  I wonder how many times they test these setups?

Neadom