Title: error when adding files
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# error when adding files

 *  [johnhenworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenworth/)
 * (@johnhenworth)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-adding-files/)
 * hello I have a problem when trying to add a file to my website
    the error message
   I get is
 * ERROR
 * Failed to write file to disk

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 *  [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
 * (@lorro)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-adding-files/#post-5706207)
 * Are you trying to upload a file using the media library?
 * Please post the name of the file. Ensure the filename does not contain multiple
   consecutive dashes or unusual characters.
 *  Thread Starter [johnhenworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenworth/)
 * (@johnhenworth)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-adding-files/#post-5706212)
 * hello Lorro
    I was trying to upload it through the media library, It has worked
   now but don’t know what to do if it happens again.
 * Just to see if it was the file ,I tries others that had been uploaded before 
   and they did not work either.
 * lets hope its OK now
 * Kind regards John

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [johnhenworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenworth/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-adding-files/#post-5706212)
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