Guys, please help, I'm really desperate:
I have a DNN 4.3.4 site. I managed to install it on three different machines with WIN XP PRO SP2 with IIS5. Yesterday I tried to move this existing site to a new server with WIN Server 2003 Web edition, IIS 6, SQL Server 2005 Express.
Ususally when moving my site I do the following:
- 1. Backup dotnetnuke folder and dotnetnuke.mdf and dotnetnuke_log.ldf on the source machine
- 2. Copy those backups to the appropriate folder on the target machine
- 3. Attach mdf and ldf manually using SQL Server Management Studio Express (this time I had to do this work around to be able to connect: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/BlogsDotNetNuke/tabid/825/EntryID/1202/Default.aspx )
- 4. Giving all the necessary permissions (asp.net etc)
- 5. After this ususally the site works properly.
BUT NOW browsing to localhost/dotnetnuke the install starts properly, but in the end I get the following error message, and the site doesn't work:
00:00:07.796 - Executing Additional Scripts:
00:00:07.796 - Creating Portal: My Website
00:00:08.015 - Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
00:00:08.015 - Portal failed to install:
00:00:08.015 - Installing Optional Resources:
I tried 20 different ways from google to fix this, but nothing helps! How can i figure out the reason? Any ideas to fix it!
Thanks a lot!!!
Ors