Title: Cant access editor
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cant access editor

 *  [bselfors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bselfors/)
 * (@bselfors)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-editor/)
 * I am trying to access my editor and I keep getting a balnk screen with this notification.“
   Sorry, can’t edit files with “..” in the name. If you are trying to edit a file
   in your WordPress home directory, you can just type the name of the file in.”
   What does that mean and why cant I access my appearance < editor? thanks!

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-editor/)
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