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Upgrade an Existing YAF.NET Installation

Ingo edited this page Jan 21, 2026 · 32 revisions

Upgrade to YAF.NET v3.2.11

STEP 1. BACKUP

  1. BACKUP YOUR DATABASE
  2. Backup all your existing installation YAF files

STEP 2. REMOVE

  1. Remove the following directories from your forum root directory:
  • \bin
  • \controls
  • \Content
  • \editors
  • \install
  • \languages
  • \pages
  • \resources
  • \Scripts
  • \themes

Warning

Be careful not to delete the /images or /Uploads directory.


STEP 3. UNZIP

  1. Unzip the file structure YAF-vX.X.X-Upgrade ZIP archive to the folder you want to run YAF to run inside. The YAF \Bin directory must be in your application root.

STEP 4. Update the Web.config

Migrate your web.config You Can do that with our Migration Tool... https://yetanotherforum.net/MigrationTool

List Of Web.Config changes from 2.30.16 to 3.2.11


STEP 5. Auto UPGRADE

  1. When the Application runs after the files are copied to the server, then the Database will be updated automatically.

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