Of course what all this means is that extended profile plugin – which I was using to create user pages is no longer compatible with the new version of word press. I figured that out right away. I was just hoping that there was a fix I could do to the php code in extended-profile to keep it functioning… but alas I could not figure out a way to do that.
I just created my own “extended profile” form that will paste right into the profile pages I create. Just a hassle to set up – that plugin really was useful. Oh well. Its all fixed now.
The answer for anyone else who has this problem is indeed to delete extended profile and find another way to expand your user profile pages.