Title: Change directories…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Change directories…

 *  [bcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcamp/)
 * (@bcamp)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-directories/)
 * Ok, i’ve done the 5 steps to change my blog from [http://example.com/wordpress/](http://example.com/wordpress/)
   to [http://example.com/.](http://example.com/.) However when i go to the admin
   i get an error page?? Do have to go through all the admin pages and change paths??
   I’m very much a noob so feel free to “dumb it down” for me 😉

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 *  1539
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-directories/#post-56823)
 * Did you follow the steps to the “t”? Did you change the options in the general
   section accordingly?
 *  Thread Starter [bcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcamp/)
 * (@bcamp)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-directories/#post-56857)
 * The only thing i’m not sure about is step “4. Open up wp-config-sample.php and
   fill in your database details. Save and rename the file to wp-config.php.” I 
   didn’t know what else to change there. My hosting provider did the set up so 
   i didn’t know what else to change on that??? It was working before I did the 
   directory change so i know he did everything right.
 *  Thread Starter [bcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcamp/)
 * (@bcamp)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-directories/#post-56858)
 * I think i just realized what i did wrong. Man do i feel stupid. I set both the
   blog AND the WP address to the root. Stoopid stoopid stoopid. Is there a way 
   to fix this? obviously i can’t get into the admin interface to set it back…
 *  Thread Starter [bcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcamp/)
 * (@bcamp)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-directories/#post-56899)
 * Aha! After wrestling with my inherent dim-wittedness i came up with a solution.
   I copied all contents of the main WP directory to the root directory (temporarily).
   This allowed me to log in and fix my blunder. I then deleted everything i had
   copied over except for the index file. Now everything seems to be working swimingly!

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