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1. Grinch
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   hey guys,

   today i screwed up my localhost-install of WP. the admin passy was somehow lost and there was no way to login (f*ck !). so i deleted my XAMPP lite install (and with that, my local wordpress install).
   after a reboot and reinstall of both xampp (= apache, mysql, php) and wordpress, i cant get the fresh wordpress up and running.
   i get the error
   "Already Installed
   You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first."

   rest of the error page is filled with code (another error, that is).

   help ?! what can i do now ? did i forget to deinstall something ? some nifty windows system service ?

   thx, mr. grinch

2. Les Bessant
   Moderator and keeper of the Tiggers
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   When you uninstalled XAMPP, did you actually delete the MySQL database? Sounds like it's still using the same one.

   And if you have got the db, you can reset the password:

   http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/

3. Grinch
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   i deleted the database, and then reinstalled XAMPP. no effect.

   atm, i got XAMPP uninstalled. is there a way to check if the / any mysql database is still alive ?

   ... fuckin hell, if i only looked first; think i could have reset the passy with ur help :(

4. Grinch
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   http://home.wtnet.de/~jreinhardt/Screen01.JPG

   this is the error msg ... help !!

5. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Grinch, it looks like PHP was not configured properly. If you are attempting to install WordPress locally using XAMPP, see this: http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/

6. FurrTrap
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   I got exactly the same error on a local install because I'd used the latest version of MySQL v4.1.... fixed by rolling back to v4.0.

   There is a link somewhere (need to find it) about WP not working well with MySQL v4.1, it certainly didn't work in my case, but ran without probs on v4.0.

   OK here's the link, look at section "Downloading and Installing MySQL"
   http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/

   I'm sure the gurus on here will advise differently if there is a fix (I'm just a newbie)

   Best Regards,
   Jamie

7. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Wp does not work work well with MySQL v4.1.7, but it works well with all other versions above 4.0, including v4.1.8 and higher.

8. jayhen
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   I get exactly the same error message as in the link above.

   However, I am using SQL4.0 so don't understand why there is a problem.

   I confirmed with my hosting service that my config file was correct. (Note: it was incorrect when I first installed. I then simply deleted the WordPress folder from my FTP site, and pasted it again, and re-installed. No luck).

   how can I clear it out completely, and then re-install? My server information:

   Software support:
   • Full range of MIME Types supported
   • Flash/Shockwave
   • CGI counter, date and time fields
   • CGIEMAIL (form handling code)
   • PHP4 & 5
   • Chili!Soft ASP
   • MySQL 4.0
   • Telnet/ SSH
   • FrontPage 2002 Extensions
   • Support for SSI
   • CGI counter, date and time fields
   • Perl 4 & 5
   • Custom CGI
   • C, C++, C compiler

9. moshu
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   jayhen: same error message as in the link above

   Which one? There are so many links above...
   You mean the "already installed" error? Drop the tables from your DB, upload (and don't paste:) the WP files to the server and run the install.php.

10. Grinch
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #
    

    still, the issue is NOT resolved !!
    i installed everything from scratch again. fresh xampp lite with mysql 4.1.12 and php 5.0.4, fresh wordpress install. the wordpress database is empty.

    so just WHY do i get the "already installed" error ?! ... "pls clear ur old database table" is just not workin.

    heeeelp !

11. James
    Happiness Engineer
    Posted 7 years ago #
    

    Grinch, if you have a PC, please follow these instructions exactly: http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/

    If you have a Mac, please follow these instructions exactly: http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/

    We have heard of no WordPress-related troubles with either of those tutorials, considering that you follow the process(es) exactly as written from the first step to the last.

12. Grinch
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #
    

    well i did !!
    only thing not working like the tutorial is creating the datatbase with "utf8 unicode ci" options, because its with underscores "utf8_unicode_ci".

    did the rest exactly. no success !!

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