Thankyou for the quick reply.
I checked app.config, the line is already there.
Here is the contents of my app.config file:
(By the way, this should also be for a fresh database install; ie: Im installing the
YAF database from scratch. However, this for a YAF install that goes into an existing application...
<appSettings>
<!--
******************************************************************
** ConfigPassword Key ** Defaults to: Empty (not installed) **
Password to run configuration (/install/default.aspx) for the forum.
If you cannot set write permissions on this file (app.config)
you can enter manually enter a plain text password here that will
be required when you attempt to run the configuration. A config
password is required for security reasons.
-->
<add key="configPassword" value="<not shown here>" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** BoardID Key ** Defaults to: 1 **
You can create as many boards as you want and they will function as seperate
forums (with seperate users). (Admin->Boards to create new boards.)
You can also specify "BoardID" in the forum control.
-->
<add key="BoardID" value="1" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** EnableURLRewriting Key ** Defaults to: false **
For advanced users who need SEO-quality URLs on their forum. If
you don't know what SEO is, you probably don't need to enable.
-->
<add key="EnableURLRewriting" value="false" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** databaseObjectQualifier Key ** Defaults to: yaf_ **
For advanced users who want to change the prefix for Yaf DB
structure.
-->
<add key="databaseObjectQualifier" value="yaf_" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** databaseObjectQualifier Key ** Defaults to: yaf_ **
For advanced users who want to the change the default permissions
for the YAF DB structure.
-->
<add key="databaseOwner" value="dbo" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** providerExceptionXML Key ** Defaults to: ProviderExceptions.xml **
The file that the providers pull exception messages from.
-->
<add key="providerExceptionXML" value="ProviderExceptions.xml" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** UploadDir Key ** Defaults to: "~/upload/" **
Provide a relative path to the directory where
uploads will go if different from the default. Make sure
there is write permissions to this directory.
-->
<add key="UploadDir" value="~/upload/" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** Membership Provider Key Type ** Defaults to: "System.Guid" **
The type that the membership provider expects the ProviderKey
to be. Most providers use expect System.Guid.
Valid values include:
System.Guid (default)
System.String (max 64 character length)
System.Int32
System.Int64
-->
<add key="ProviderKeyType" value="System.Guid" />
<!--
******************************************************************
** Optional Root Key ** Defaults to: "~/" **
If YAF forum files are not located in the Application Root (~/)
of your web site you need to specify the additional url
in this root key. Example: Application Root is "www.mysite.com/"
You want your forum at "www.mysite.com/forum". You need to specify
"/forum" in your root key below.
PLEASE NOTE:
YAF .dll files (from the \bin directory in the zip) AND ALL files
in the \App_Code directory MUST be located in the Application Root.
-->
<add key="root" value="/yaf/" />
</appSettings>