Am experiencing similar with 4.6.1 and have also been digging without and epiphany in sight. My packages node is empty, and I've been thinking this might be caused by permissions. You say it is solved. Did changing permissions solve it in one fell swoop, or did you have to reinstall/update folder etc?
I want to add to this post. I'm hosting on Softsys and this was the issue. I migrated a dev install to prod and everything (content-wise) came over fine. When clicking the Packages node, nothing showed up. I checked a lot of security settings, did resets, etc. The issue was that the C:\Windows\Temp file needed "List folder" permissions for IIS_IUSRS account. Applied that and everything showed back up. It had nothing to do with the installedPackages.XML file which was intact. Hope this helps some innocent migrating soul.
Entire Packages Node empty fresh 4.5.2 install
Hi there
I know there is alot around about the installed/created packages nodes being empty, but this is the entire Developer > Packages Node empty...
Site is not showing: Package Repo / Created / Installed / Install Runway / Install Local Package
I have had a dig around and it appears nothing is out of ordinary in DB / files, etc - compared to another perfectly functioning install.
Has anyone experienced this- any pointers? Or just wipe it out and re-install?
Thanks
Josh
Oh and also this is the error through firebug on opening of the Developer > Packages node...
Thanks
Josh
Anyone interested this is SOLVED...
The host hadn't setup the server with correct permissions for IIS on the C:\\WINDOWS\TEMP directory.
What a waste of an afternoon trying to fix the install etc, and nothing I could do!
Hi Josh,
Am experiencing similar with 4.6.1 and have also been digging without and epiphany in sight. My packages node is empty, and I've been thinking this might be caused by permissions. You say it is solved. Did changing permissions solve it in one fell swoop, or did you have to reinstall/update folder etc?
Okay, I get the same Firebug error. We're going to change permissions as well. That should solve it, it would appear.
I find it utterly ridiculous that Umbraco needs permissions in the Windows/Temp folder. That should be handled in the website itself.
I want to add to this post. I'm hosting on Softsys and this was the issue. I migrated a dev install to prod and everything (content-wise) came over fine. When clicking the Packages node, nothing showed up. I checked a lot of security settings, did resets, etc. The issue was that the C:\Windows\Temp file needed "List folder" permissions for IIS_IUSRS account. Applied that and everything showed back up. It had nothing to do with the installedPackages.XML file which was intact. Hope this helps some innocent migrating soul.
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