I tried to upgrade my dotnetnuke site to a visual studio 2008 version. But i was recieving an error that asp.net could not access the compression.config file. So i removed the files and then ftp'ed a backup of my default site. When i run it i get the following error:

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:

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:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinDefaults..ctor(SkinDefaultType DefaultType) +190 DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.get_DefaultSkin() +31 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +3388 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +76 DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2783 System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +68 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +75

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Sal

JK,

Thanks for the reply and that fixed the issue. Thank you for your help.

Sal