Title: Cannot activate plugin: fatal Error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot activate plugin: fatal Error

 *  [bbrusgatis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbrusgatis/)
 * (@bbrusgatis)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-fatal-error-1/)
 * hi there
 * i’m using wp 3.51, events calender 2.0.11
 * i can install the plugin but it cannot be activated, giving fatal error:
    `Parse
   error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\xyz\abc\123\wp-content\plugins\sync-
   facebook-events\sync-facebook-events.php on line 293`
 * pls help!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sync-facebook-events/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sync-facebook-events/)

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 *  Thread Starter [bbrusgatis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbrusgatis/)
 * (@bbrusgatis)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-fatal-error-1/#post-3556349)
 * ist there no longer support for this plugin?
 *  [retched](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retched/)
 * (@retched)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-fatal-error-1/#post-3556357)
 * Hi there. There isn’t that much support left for this but I still managed to 
   find the problem.
 * Go to About line 291 and look for a line that looks like this:
 * `<? } ?>`
 * and change it to
 * `<?php } ?>`
 * This should fix your error.
 *  Thread Starter [bbrusgatis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbrusgatis/)
 * (@bbrusgatis)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-fatal-error-1/#post-3556358)
 * thanks, now its working!

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 * Last reply from: [bbrusgatis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbrusgatis/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-fatal-error-1/#post-3556358)
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