Title: changed directory
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# changed directory

 *  [redwaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redwaz/)
 * (@redwaz)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-directory/)
 * Having installed WordPress, then saw that the address had an extra directory,
   so took files out of directory and tried again, now it doesnt work, shock?
    How
   do i cure please?
 * Many thanks

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-directory/#post-1117285)
 * fix it back
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
   then move it properly [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site)
   or [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 *  Thread Starter [redwaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redwaz/)
 * (@redwaz)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-directory/#post-1117296)
 * Thanks for that Sam
    Ii felt a bit hard for me to do all that, so I started again?!
   Deleted my database. Re-installed WordPress (without the folder(WordPress)) Changed
   the database information.
 * But still doesnt work, came up with this error:
 * Warning: main(/homepages/37/d289835877/htdocs/becclesrugby/wp-includes/compat.
   php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/
   37/d289835877/htdocs/becclesrugby/wp-settings.php on line 246
 * Trouble is that isnt my database, it must be the old one.
    Do i wait for the 
   old one to delete properly?? or is it the htdocs? if so how do i delete/change
   them?
 * Thanks again
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-directory/#post-1117322)
 * the error means this file
    `/wp-includes/compat.php` is missing make sure all
   files are uploaded

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-directory/#post-1117322)
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