I had a working SharePoint 2013 environment but then we had to install the language pack (Dutch) as we have multilanguage people in the company.
Our setup:
SharePoint 2013: OS Server 2012
SQL Server 2012: OS Server 2012
Language pack to install: Dutch
I installed it, all went fine, no exceptions, no errors. After the installment of the language pack (Dutch) it asks to run the Configuration Wizard again. So I did but it keeps failing on step 7 of 8.
The logfile shows:
02/15/2013 16:24:53 1 INF Not running in high contrast, so we will paint the background with our trademarked image
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 ERR Task applicationcontent has failed with an unknown exception
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 ERR Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspSiteMapFile.MergeAspSiteMapFiles(XmlDocument xmldocSiteMap, String strSrcFilePath, String strMergeFilePattern)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspSiteMapFile.Copy(String strSrcDir, String strSrcDirPrevious, String strSrcLeaf, String strDestDir, Boolean bMergeMaps, Boolean bBackupExistingFile)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.CopyAppDomainDirectories(DirectoryInfo vrPath, OverwriteSetting overwrite)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService.ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ApplicationContentTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Entering function Common.BuildExceptionMessage
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Resource id to be retrieved is ExceptionInfo for language English (United States)
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Resource retrieved id ExceptionInfo is An exception of type {0} was thrown. Additional exception information: {1}
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Leaving function Common.BuildExceptionMessage
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Entering function Common.BuildExceptionInformation
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Entering function Common.BuildExceptionMessage
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Resource id to be retrieved is ExceptionInfo for language English (United States)
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Resource retrieved id ExceptionInfo is An exception of type {0} was thrown. Additional exception information: {1}
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Leaving function Common.BuildExceptionMessage
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 INF Leaving function Common.BuildExceptionInformation
02/15/2013 16:24:53 16 ERR An exception of type System.NullReferenceException was thrown. Additional exception information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspSiteMapFile.MergeAspSiteMapFiles(XmlDocument xmldocSiteMap, String strSrcFilePath, String strMergeFilePattern)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspSiteMapFile.Copy(String strSrcDir, String strSrcDirPrevious, String strSrcLeaf, String strDestDir, Boolean bMergeMaps, Boolean bBackupExistingFile)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.CopyAppDomainDirectories(DirectoryInfo vrPath, OverwriteSetting overwrite)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService.ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ApplicationContentTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
Any help on this?