dnn can be installed using "xcopy installation", so you just have to download the dnn install package, unzip it in the correct directory of your server (the root of your site), make the proper changes to web.config, and browse to your site... its as easy as that....

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Erik van Ballegoij, Former DNN Corp. Employee and DNN Expert

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I am replying to my own post. I discovered that if I set my front page author access to allow loading of executable files. After doing this the web was uploaded. Then I went to the site and it complained that I didn't have access on certain directories and prompted me to set access for NT AUTHORITY\NETWORKSERVICE to read, write and modify which I did. Then when I went to the site again, it completed most of the installation. There were some errors trying to install some of the modules.

When I clicked on the link that said click here to access your portal I got an exception. Here is what it was:

[HttpException (0x80004005): The directory '/App_Code/Reports/' is not allowed because the application is precompiled.]
   System.Web.Compilation.CodeDirectoryCompiler.GetCodeDirectoryAssembly(VirtualPath virtualDir, CodeDirectoryType dirType, String assemblyName, StringSet excludedSubdirectories, Boolean isDirectoryAllowed) +3458850
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileCodeDirectory(VirtualPath virtualDir, CodeDirectoryType dirType, String assemblyName, StringSet excludedSubdirectories) +125
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileCodeDirectories() +445
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled() +448

[HttpException (0x80004005): The directory '/App_Code/Reports/' is not allowed because the application is precompiled.]
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.ReportTopLevelCompilationException() +57
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled() +612
   System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters) +456

[HttpException (0x80004005): The directory '/App_Code/Reports/' is not allowed because the application is precompiled.]
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +3434991
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +88
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +252

Does this mean that I cannot use the precompiled application option? I'm not sure how to turn that off in Visual Studio. I almost always use it. If I don't use the precompiled option, won't the source files be copied to the website? I usually use the precompiled option so that the source files are not on the website.

Any thoughts or help?

Thanks