Ok, What am I missing here?

[dbltoe]

Since there are literally thousands of combinations that can be used with an install, the dist-configure.php is a boiler plate included with the install files. It is used (along with the information you provide at installation) to create a configure.php file in the admin/includes and includes/ directories. If either is missing or mis-configured, the admin/cart will not work.

[stevesh]

What FTP program are you using?

As I mentioned, Zencart won't work without the two configure.php files.

The file is 'named wrong' as I understand it, so that if you install Zencart in a directory that already contains a program that uses a configure.php file, it won't overwrite it.

[dainteegurl]

Sorry guys, my mistake. I did indeed have two configure files. I'm using dreamweaver and for some reason when I view my files in remote view, it switches the order of files first then folders. I didn't catch this until later when I noticed they weren't in alphabetical order like they show in local view. Der.

[stevesh]

For those reading this thread, a real FTP program, like Filezilla or FireFTP, is vastly preferable to Dreamweaver for this action.