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Hello,

Recently I installed a new instance of 7.4 on my local then immediately upgraded to the latest version of 8. I tried bulk installing a bunch of javascript libraries and got an error. I looked and sure enough the install files aren't there. On my production sites I have purposefully removed these files for security purposes however whenever I production installs I replace those files, bulk install, then remove again. I'd like to know why they aren't there on a fresh install. I tried googling dnn8 bulk install but nothing came up. Do you think I could use the files from another installation? Is it possible I'm missing something?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the reply.

If you're not familiar DNN comes with a 'bulk installer'. There may be another term but that's what I refer to it as. It allows you to drop multiple modules, javascript libraries, ect into the appropriete folder under Install. Once there all you do is navigate to YOURWEBSITEURL/install/install.aspx?mode=installresources. You'll see a page like this:

My question doesn't have anything to do with the javascript libraries (which by the way are all AngularJS I converted for use with DNN) but why the install aspx files aren't there.

I feel like because of the recent hack found which used these files the people at DnnSoftware.com removed them. I've attached a snippet of the email in question regarding the issue:

I think it's logical to assume this feature was removed. I'd like to test and see if the old files from a previous install will still function on my new site.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Hello again,
I just wanted to confirm for everyone that you can in fact drop the missing files into the install folder and it works without a problem. I tried this today on a brand new install of version 8.0.

Thanks.