Is there a fix to remove one of the 2 thank you messages?  You have what it seems to be Thank you Message sent from IPB and the thank you message from the contact form with contact name right underneath (sent you a screen shot).

I like to remove the one from the contact form if I have to edit the IPB skin for this.  Can you advise path and what code I need to remove on the contact form, first message without the name is ok?

Sure, these instructions are valid provided you haven't applied the above bug fix yet.

Open Admin CP > Look & Feel Tab > select skin > skin_contact > message_sent

Find:

<div class='general_box' style='text-align:center;'>
<h3>{$this->lang->words['thank_you']} {$this->request['name']}, {$this->lang->words['message_sent']}!</h2>

Replace With:

<div class='general_box' style='text-align:center;'>

Save.

I would like to edit this on the Contact files of the mod itself rather than through the ACP, in this manner I don't have to do edits when I install on the live board.  Can you please advise the path and file name.

I found;
upload/admin/applications_addon/other/contact/xml/contact_root_templates.xml
around line 305

Not sure if I should remove entire line or what additional lines to remove in addition to this one or if I'm even in the right path or file.

Thanks,
JB

Yes that's the file, won't matter if an extra line is there, just find then replace with the above code.

Not sure why this is not working for me.  Could it be that I have to do this from the skin, rather than upload the file, do I have re cache, etc.?

If you've already ran the installer then yes you'll need to modify the skin directly. The contact_root_templates.xml file is only used when installing or upgrading the contact system.