Title: “FATAL ERROR” WHEN INSTALLING WORDPRESS
Last modified: September 20, 2016

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# “FATAL ERROR” WHEN INSTALLING WORDPRESS

 *  Resolved [ammii101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammii101/)
 * (@ammii101)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-wordpress-2/)
 * **So I am trying to install WordPress on a local hosted server (WampServer), 
   however, i keep getting this error saying that the Load.php file does not exist,
   yet it does (in the www directory). I tried rebooting the server and removing
   the files and putting them back in but it still won’t work. I also tried putting
   the WordPress files in the www directory directly but that didn’t work either.**
 * THESE ARE THE ERRORS:
 * ( ! ) Warning: require_once(C:\wamp64\www\esu_db/wp-includes/load.php): failed
   to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp64\www\esu_db\wp-load.php
   on line 51
    Call Stack # Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0015 234976 {main}()…\
   index.php:0 2 0.0025 238048 require( ‘C:\wamp64\www\esu_db\wp-blog-header.php’)…\
   index.php:17 3 0.0034 258584 require_once( ‘C:\wamp64\www\esu_db\wp-load.php’)…\
   wp-blog-header.php:13 —————————————————————- ( ! ) Fatal error: require_once():
   Failed opening required ‘C:\wamp64\www\esu_db/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path
   =’.;C:\php\pear’) in C:\wamp64\www\esu_db\wp-load.php on line 51 Call Stack #
   Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0015 234976 {main}( ) …\index.php:0 2 0.0025
   238048 require( ‘C:\wamp64\www\esu_db\wp-blog-header.php’ ) …\index.php:17 3 
   0.0034 258584 require_once( ‘C:\wamp64\www\esu_db\wp-load.php’ ) …\wp-blog-header.
   php:13
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
      Reason: moved from installs to localhost installs

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 *  [Tanveer Sure](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsure/)
 * (@tsure)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-wordpress-2/#post-8206128)
 * Hi [@ammii101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammii101/)
 * In the past I have had a similar Fatal Issue show up and it was resolved by doing
   a Manual Update. For manual update:
 * Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, 
   and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and
   the `/wp-content/`directory. You may need to delete the old `wp-admin` and `wp-
   includes` first.
 * **–Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your
   database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.**
 *  Thread Starter [ammii101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammii101/)
 * (@ammii101)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-wordpress-2/#post-8206853)
 * Hey [@tsure](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsure/) , thanks for telling
   me. However, I realised that the problem was that when I was copying over the
   wordpress files, my computer missed out the wp-content and wp-includes folders.
   And so, like you said I downloaded a fresh copy and it worked.
 * Thanks anyway 🙂

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 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
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 * Last reply from: [ammii101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammii101/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-wordpress-2/#post-8206853)
 * Status: resolved

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