Title: Fatal Error after activation
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Fatal Error after activation

 *  Resolved [sqrbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sqrbox/)
 * (@sqrbox)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-activation-2/)
 * Got this error after install and activation:
 * ( ! ) Warning: require_once(C:\xampp181\htdocs/wp-content/plugins\phimind_excel_export_plus\
   vendors\PHPExcel.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\
   xampp181\htdocs\wp-content\plugins\excel-export-plus\phimind_excel_export_plus.
   php on line 19
    Call Stack # Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0013 259616 {main}()..\
   plugins.php:0 2 0.6242 21216680 plugin_sandbox_scrape( ) ..\plugins.php:149 3
   0.6244 21223384 include( ‘C:\xampp181\htdocs\wp-content\plugins\excel-export-
   plus\phimind_excel_export_plus.php’ ) ..\plugins.php:147
 * ( ! ) Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘C:\xampp181\htdocs/
   wp-content/plugins\phimind_excel_export_plus\vendors\PHPExcel.php’ (include_path
   =’.;C:\xampp181\php\PEAR’) in C:\xampp181\htdocs\wp-content\plugins\excel-export-
   plus\phimind_excel_export_plus.php on line 19
    Call Stack # Time Memory Function
   Location 1 0.0013 259616 {main}( ) ..\plugins.php:0 2 0.6242 21216680 plugin_sandbox_scrape()..\
   plugins.php:149 3 0.6244 21223384 include( ‘C:\xampp181\htdocs\wp-content\plugins\
   excel-export-plus\phimind_excel_export_plus.php’ ) ..\plugins.php:147
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excel-export-plus/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excel-export-plus/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Yuri Salame](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ysalame/)
 * (@ysalame)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-activation-2/#post-3915435)
 * Hi sqrbox, can you please confirm that the PHPExcel folder exists within you 
   plugin directory?
 * It should be in %PLUGINS_DIR%/excel-export-plus/vendors/PHPExcel
 * This is a core folder necessary for the plugin to work correctly.
 * Regards,
    Yuri.
 *  Thread Starter [sqrbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sqrbox/)
 * (@sqrbox)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-activation-2/#post-3915436)
 * Yes it was.
 * I managed to fix it by renaming the plugin folder in excel-export-plus\phimind_excel_export_plus.
   php line 19 from ‘/plugins/phimind_excel_export_plus/…’ to ‘/plugins/excel-export-
   plus/…’.
 * It’s right there in the error stack trace:
    ( ! ) Fatal error: require_once():
   Failed opening required ‘C:\xampp181\htdocs/wp-content/plugins\phimind_excel_export_plus\
   vendors\PHPExcel.php’ (include_path=’.;C:\xampp181\php\PEAR’) in C:\xampp181\
   htdocs\wp-content\plugins\excel-export-plus\phimind_excel_export_plus.php on 
   line 19
 * I’ve since deleted the plugin since it’s not what I needed.
 *  Plugin Author [Yuri Salame](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ysalame/)
 * (@ysalame)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-activation-2/#post-3915437)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. I corrected it.
 * I recently changed the directory structure and didn’t pass the change on to the
   repository.
 * Now it’s all good.
 * 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Yuri Salame](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ysalame/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-activation-2/#post-3915437)
 * Status: resolved