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We are upgrading from sitecore 7.2 website to the latest 8.2 update 3. and the website is giving this error - Could not find configuration node: settings/setting[@name='MediaFolder']/@value.

Is there any fix?

References to MediaFolder word in Configuration:search results

Stack Trace:

[InvalidOperationException: Could not find configuration node: settings/setting[@name='MediaFolder']/@value] Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.GetConfigNode(String xpath, Boolean assert) +525 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(String configPath, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +273 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateFromReference(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +170 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert, IFactoryHelper helper) +116 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +72 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(String configPath, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +615 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.GetString(String configPath, Boolean assert) +57 Sitecore.IO.FileWatcher..ctor(String configReference) +235

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.] System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0 System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +197 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +105 System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +1484 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +289 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) +27 System.Web.HttpRuntime.CreateNonPublicInstance(Type type, Object[] args) +79 System.Web.HttpApplication.BuildIntegratedModuleCollection(List`1 moduleList) +222 System.Web.HttpApplication.GetModuleCollection(IntPtr appContext) +1086 System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +123 System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +169 System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +396 System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +333

[HttpException (0x80004005): Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.] System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +525 System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +124 System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +700

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  • This could be the same as stackoverflow.com/questions/40902784/… - if there are any syntax errors in any of the other config files, it can cause strange error messages.
    – Richard Seal ♦
    Jun 9, 2017 at 17:33
  • Open the ShowConfig page and see if it opens. If not, then you have an issue with the xml syntax. Might be that a tag is not well-formed or closed or due to comment tag
    – Hishaam Namooya
    Jun 9, 2017 at 17:56
  • there were no xml validation errors to fix in sitecore.contentsearch.config. and can't review showconfig.aspx yet because /sitecore website fails to load with same error. will try to validate all xml files.
    – vijay majeti
    Jun 9, 2017 at 18:12
  • @vijaymajeti it is not necessary the sitecore.contentsearch.config file which is causing the issue. It may be other files since with Sitecore 8.x, most config files have changed
    – Hishaam Namooya
    Jun 9, 2017 at 19:06
  • @HishaamNamooya The error goes away, if i hard code the value '/upload' in the /watchers/media/folder setting instead of the xpath reference to another setting item within same file. And /sitecore showconfig all load fine as well. So, xpath resolution failure seems to be blocking the website to load (sitecore bug?)
    – vijay majeti
    Jun 9, 2017 at 19:20

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As specified in the comment, this is not a Sitecore bug. The reason of this issue is that, Sitecore cannot evaluate the @value because

  1. Issue with the xml syntax where the xml is not well formed.

  2. Check for special characters.

  3. You can have overridden the value of the MediaFolder setting.

Based on your provided comment, for your issue, it was due to the 2nd point. Special characters.

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