Title: 404 Permalink Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 404 Permalink Error

 *  [Michael Tieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vskylabv/)
 * (@vskylabv)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-permalink-error-1/)
 * For some reason it’s not writing to the .htaccess file. I did make sure to chmod
   it. What are other possible reasons it’s not working? My host is running windows.

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-permalink-error-1/#post-936180)
 * windows with apache? or windows with iis? iis doesnt use .htaccess files.
 * permalinks on iis:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Permalinks_without_mod_rewrite](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Permalinks_without_mod_rewrite)
 *  Thread Starter [Michael Tieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vskylabv/)
 * (@vskylabv)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-permalink-error-1/#post-936227)
 * thanks! i’ll try to get this working.
 *  Thread Starter [Michael Tieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vskylabv/)
 * (@vskylabv)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-permalink-error-1/#post-936236)
 * Nothing is working. I’m about to switch hosts just because of this issue.
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-permalink-error-1/#post-936246)
 * vskylabv: Your backpacking site is hosted on Windows IIS 5.0. If you are going
   to switch web hosts, check this for what to ask them:
 * [http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)

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 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-permalink-error-1/#post-936246)
 * Status: not resolved

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