Title: Can't Activate
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Can't Activate

 *  [bstine01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bstine01/)
 * (@bstine01)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-14/)
 * When I try to activate the plugin it returns the following error:
 * Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed in C:\xampp\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-content\plugins\smallerik-file-browser\wpfib.php on line 144
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/smallerik-file-browser/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/smallerik-file-browser/)

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## Tags

 * [activation error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/activation-error/)
 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)
 * [pass-by-reference](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pass-by-reference/)

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 * Last reply from: [bstine01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bstine01/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-14/)
 * Status: not resolved