Title: error installing multisite
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# error installing multisite

 *  [senzavento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senzavento/)
 * (@senzavento)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-multisite/)
 * Hi,
    I try for first time to install multisite but i have some error. These are
   the steps that I perform:
 * 1.deactivae all plugin
    2.add to wp-config: define( ‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);
   3.from tools, network setup, install multisite and add lines to .htaccess and
   wp-config 4.login from link in network setup page
 * I have always this error:
    Warning: An existing WordPress network was detected.
   So i delete from db the multisite table and this error was fixed.
 * But wordpress in the network setup page Always tell me again to add
    lines to.
   htaccess and wp-config, but the lines are present.
 * I try many times, after delete table and line in .htaccess and wp-config but 
   with no results, on existing website and new website, local with xampp and online,
   i have Always same problem and behaviour.
    Where I mistake?
 * Thank you

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-multisite/#post-5338014)
 * > But wordpress in the network setup page Always tell me again to add lines to.
   > htaccess and wp-config, but the lines are present.
 * Which page? What’s the URL you’re looking at?
 *  Thread Starter [senzavento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senzavento/)
 * (@senzavento)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-multisite/#post-5338017)
 * Hi, thank you,
    network setup page from tools -> network setup menù. A.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-multisite/#post-5338029)
 * On the dashboard of the main site?
 * What are you deleting from the DB?
 *  Thread Starter [senzavento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senzavento/)
 * (@senzavento)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-multisite/#post-5338036)
 * Yes, main site dashboard.
    At now i ha only main site. I need to install site
   another Language in a subfolder of main site.
 * The table that i deleted are:
    1.wp_blogs 2.wp_blog_versions 3.wp_registration_log
   4.wp_signups 5.wp_site 6.wp_sitemeta
 * WordPress version is the last, 4.
    Thank you very much.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-multisite/#post-5338043)
 * I can only assume you’re missing a step since I cannot reproduce this… Try this:
 * 1. deactivate all plugins and change to the DEFAULT WordPress theme, TwentyFourteen.
 * 2. Make sure the tables you mentioned before are removed from your database.
 * 2. Add the following to wp-config.php: `define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );`
 * 3. Delete all cookies from your browser for your domain and log back in.
 * 4. Go to example.com -> Admin -> Tools -> Network Setup and copy the information
   into your wp-config.php, and REPLACE the content of .htaccess
 * 5. Log out and log back in to WP

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## Tags

 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [Network setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network-setup/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-multisite/#post-5338043)
 * Status: not resolved

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