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  • Hello,
    I have a fresh install (today) of WordPress 4.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 using Microsoft Web Platform Installer. I initially was unable to automatically update wordpress or the plugins. However, I then added define( 'FS_METHOD', 'direct' ); to the wp-config, I was then able to update the plugins, but I am still unable to update from wordpress 4.0 to wordpress 4.1. The error I receive is “

    Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/wordpress-4.1-new-bundled.zip…

    Unpacking the update…

    The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.: wp-admin/includes/update-core.php

    Installation Failed”

    I have altered the file permissions for the wordpress directory under C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wordpress to allow both the user I am logged into the server and the IIS_IUSRS groups Modify permissions on that whole folder and all sub-folders and files.

    I want the automatic update to work so that this server can be as hands off as possible in the future. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.

    Adam

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  • You may want to check the permissions on each individual sub-directory that it wants to use. Also, it isn’t supposed to be like this, but, I’d swear that there have been times when I’ve had to restart Windows 2008 servers to get security permission changes to apply.

    Thread Starter mjcawilliams

    (@mjcawilliams)

    I don’t think it is a windows permissions issue. I have altered the windows permissions to allow for the IIS_ISURS group to have full control over the wordpress directory. Further, I have restarted after those changes were made, just in case. I wish I knew what was going on. Any ideas people? I didn’t do anything special during the installation. I would think this issue would be very repeatable.

    Adam

    Hi, I am not familiar with the Microsoft Platform Installer, but looking at it’s home page, they recommend this site for help: http://forums.iis.net/1155.aspx

    If you haven’t put much effort into this site, I would be inclined to uninstall it all and start fresh.

    Thread Starter mjcawilliams

    (@mjcawilliams)

    ehh, I built up an ubuntu server and it is doing the same thing. Why won’t this just work. Once setup I don’t want to have to SSH into this thing, ever.

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