Title: Call to undefined function: set_current_screen()
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Call to undefined function: set_current_screen()

 *  Resolved [rhender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhender/)
 * (@rhender)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/)
 * Hello,
 * I just uploaded the wordpress files to my site to start work on it.
 * irasitepreview.com/altumaxis
 * When I try to login I got the following error message.
 * **Fatal error: Call to undefined function: set_current_screen() in…
    /html/preview/
   altumaxis/wp-admin/admin.php on line 129
 * So I can’t login to do anything. When I downloaded the latest version from WordPress.
   org, I unzipped the file on my desktop and then had two folders….
 * one was called just “WordPress” and the other was called “WordPress 2”
 * I uploaded the contents of the folder titled “WordPress” and left “WordPress 
   2” on the desktop
 * Could that have caused the problem??? Sorry, I’m new to this, so any help would
   be greatly appreciated… as I am at a standstill now.
 * Thank you,

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019376)
 * Where did you download WordPress from? There should only be a single folder in
   the unzipped archive – wordpress (lowercase).
 *  Thread Starter [rhender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhender/)
 * (@rhender)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019381)
 * OK, well I downloaded it from WordPress.org
 * The folder I uploaded is “wordpress” all lowercase… sorry I typed it wrong in
   the first post… oops
 * Maybe the wordpress 2 folder on my desktop is a copy of the wordpress folder 
   since I maybe already had it on my desktop from a previous intall (a previous
   website I built, and I didn’t delete the folder from my desktop… I’m on a mac)
 * so maybe I should have uploaded the wordpress 2 if it is the folder I just downloaded
   from wordpress.org…. hmmmmmm, which means it would be the latest wordpress version..
 * does that make sense?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019385)
 * Delete all copies on your machine, download a fresh copy of WordPress and upload
   a fresh set of files & folder.
 *  Thread Starter [rhender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhender/)
 * (@rhender)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019388)
 * Yeah… ok…
 * I just checked the source code and it says I’m running
 * WordPress 2.8.4
 * so I guess I uploaded the old folder version that has been sitting on my desktop
   doing nothing for months….
 * OOPS!!! I’ll start over I guess…. thanks for help… hope I’m not back here again
   in an hour.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019389)
 * 2.8.4! Well, that might well cause some problems 😉
 *  Thread Starter [rhender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhender/)
 * (@rhender)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019391)
 * Is that like a really old version?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019395)
 * Um – yeh. About 6 updates old?
 *  Thread Starter [rhender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhender/)
 * (@rhender)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019397)
 * haha! That’s awesome… thanks

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 * Last reply from: [rhender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhender/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-set_current_screen/#post-2019397)
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