Title: Another problem upgrading to 2.7
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Another problem upgrading to 2.7

 *  Resolved [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/)
 * The error message I get is:
 * Warning: main(../wp-load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
   in /hsphere/local/home/baringo1/denacrain.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php on line
   18
 * Warning: main(../wp-load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
   in /hsphere/local/home/baringo1/denacrain.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php on line
   18
 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/
   usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php/PEAR:/usr/local/share/pear’) in /hsphere/
   local/home/baringo1/denacrain.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php on line 18″
 * Please – can anyone help me resolve this issue?
 * Thanks!
 * Dena

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 *  [blogsdna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogsdna/)
 * (@blogsdna)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925585)
 * did properly uploaded all files of wp 2.7 installation ??
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925596)
 * I think so, but I’ll double check. Makes good sense to begin at the beginning,
   yes?
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925597)
 * So, I cleared everything off my desktop and began again from scratch. I downloaded
   a fresh copy of the new version and opened it with StuffIt Expander. That resulted
   in an error message:
 * “An error occurred attempting to expand ‘wordpress-2.7.zip’. The archive may 
   contain damaged content.
 * Error #17538″
 * Now what?
 *  [emmadw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmadw/)
 * (@emmadw)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925598)
 * Barny
    I got that error (or similiar – can’t quite remember the exact message)–
   I narrowed it down to the “bad behaviour” plugin – which needed updating.
 * Once I’d deactivated that it was fine. I’ve not got round yet to updating it (
   mostly because Askimet seems to do a perfectly good job on its own & I know that
   too many plugins can cause issues)
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925601)
 * What’s the “bad behaviour” plugin, please? Where do I find it and how do I update
   or delete it?
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925608)
 * OK – I manually checked all the files on my blog against the new version files.
   I found a bunch of them that I had deleted in the first installation should not
   have been deleted. I reinstalled everything so now what’s on my blog matches 
   what’s in the download folder.
 * Now, I get this message:
 * “Warning: main(../wp-load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
   in /hsphere/local/home/baringo1/denacrain.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php on line
   18
 * Warning: main(../wp-load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
   in /hsphere/local/home/baringo1/denacrain.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php on line
   18
 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/
   usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php/PEAR:/usr/local/share/pear’) in /hsphere/
   local/home/baringo1/denacrain.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php on line 18″
 * What can I do next?
 *  [longjorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longjorn/)
 * (@longjorn)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925614)
 * It says clearly it doesn’t find wp-load.php which is in the distribution and 
   should be in your root (with quite some other files and wp-config)
 * I unzip the distribution in my pc and upload the files using filezilla,
    the 
   file I downloaded is [http://wordpress.org/latest.zip](http://wordpress.org/latest.zip),
   so which wordpress-2.7.zip you have problems to expand where? did you rename 
   it? If yes, I would put only one dot in there, .zip, not 2.7.zip
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925617)
 * I don’t have that file anywhere on my computer. I use FileZilla, too. I just 
   downloaded it again, opened it with StuffIt, and got the same error message as
   before. Is there another source for the wp-load.php file? Could someone email
   it to me?
 *  [longjorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longjorn/)
 * (@longjorn)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925634)
 * sorry, i made the mistake, the file you get by clicking on latest.zip mentioned
   above is really wordpress-2.7.zip
 * If your stuffit has errors extracting this file try another prog to unzip on 
   your pc.
    you will get a folder called wordpress-2.7 in which is another folder
   called wordpress. The content of this second folder is what normally goes to 
   the root of your site. there are folders (wp-admin, wp-includes, and files like
   index.php and wp-load.php and another about 20 files. All that stuff should look
   very much comparable on your site if you use ftp to browse. In another thread
   started of you is exactly explained how to upgrade.
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925641)
 * Clearly, there’s some problem I’m having with opening the upgrade. It opens as
   WordPress-2, not 2.7. I’ll get another unzipper and try again. Thanks for the
   help!
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925785)
 * I have downloaded the most recent version of StuffIt Expander. Still, it cannot
   open the WordPress 2.7 download properly. What else can I do?
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925787)
 * StuffIt says the error code I’m receiving means there’s something wrong with 
   the file I’m trying to open. Why can’t I download the WordPress upgrade properly?
   Could there be something malicious on my computer that is preventing me from 
   upgrading my blog?
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925788)
 * StuffIt also says I need to have the file recompressed and sent to me again. 
   In other words, there is something wrong with the WP download. I’m working on
   a MacBook Pro; would that have anything to do with it? I’ve never needed a Mac-
   only version of a WP upgrade before; do I need one now?
 *  Thread Starter [barnyoka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnyoka/)
 * (@barnyoka)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-problem-upgrading-to-27/#post-925800)
 * Remainder of discussion can be found in a new post Problem with 2.7.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/225015](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/225015)

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