directories 755 unless set to 777 for hacks that require writing to folders.

files 644

once the file permissions were checked, i did plan on telling you that you need to go thru all hacks installed and make sure they are 3.6.8 compatible or not, you will need to go thru each of your hacks to find the problem, the hack may need to be simply reinstalled.

thanks for the help, im currently going thru all the hacks 1 by 1 disabling them...wow its a long list lol hope i get it

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ok this is totally weird! The panel which isnt showing up it the "vbulletin" options panel! Every other mod seems to be perfectly fine and updated...but the vboptions panel just dosent appear YET I can access it using the url for it "www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/options.php?null=0"
And in there everything is A-OK its just the small panel itself which seems to be the trouble.

Even the forum front end is working perfectly fine with all the features.

Its just the admincp which dosent load fully (the left side) because that particular panel refuses to load up...weird

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woohoo its fixed!!!

I reuploaded the files once again after trying everything...and viola must have been my bad luck that a file got left or skipped on 1st file replace attempt. but 2nd time lucky :D

Problem solved!

thanks everyone who helped