Title: bad installation!!!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# bad installation!!!

 *  Resolved [fireshiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireshiro/)
 * (@fireshiro)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-installation/)
 * my website link is [http://howdy.netai.net](http://howdy.netai.net) but when 
   u go to that link, shows my index of/ instead of wordpress installation. But 
   when you click the wordpress file takes you to my wordpress. What did i do wrong
   here?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-installation/#post-1638276)
 * You just installed it in a subfolder is all. You can either move it or make wordpress
   act as in root.
 * To move it: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
   
   Act in root: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 *  Thread Starter [fireshiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireshiro/)
 * (@fireshiro)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-installation/#post-1638286)
 * > You just installed it in a subfolder is all. You can either move it or make
   > wordpress act as in root.
   > To move it: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
   > 
   > Act in root: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 * oh i see it, thanks. All i needed is to move it from the subfolder straight to
   my public_html

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 * Last reply from: [fireshiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireshiro/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-installation/#post-1638286)
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