These might help:
Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
Moving_WordPress
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when registering your blog, use the optional checkbox that says “make blog my homepage” and it should work.
bujjiboy–where is that check box you’re talking about?
i just reinstalled the whole thing to my ‘public_html’ directory and it worked fine. however if you wants to back up all your settings then i’m not sure 😐