Title: Error importing settings?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Error importing settings?

 *  [apples333](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apples333/)
 * (@apples333)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-importing-settings/)
 * I exported the settings from the W3 plugin by clicking
    General settings > Export
   configuration: > Download
 * This downloaded a file to my local disk called:
    [http://www.exceldepartment.com](http://www.exceldepartment.com)
 * I later wanted to upload these settings. So I clicked:
    General settings > Import
   configuration > Choose file + Upload
 * But now I got the error message:
    451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons The server
   was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator,
   root@localhost and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you
   might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error
   may be available in the server error log.
 * How can I upload my settings file?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-importing-settings/)
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