Title: getting folder writtable error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# getting folder writtable error

 *  [mrugesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrugesh/)
 * (@mrugesh)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-folder-writtable-error/)
 * hi
 * i am new at wordpress org. I have exported file from wordpress.com and now i 
   want to upload file in my own server. i am using “wxmlmigrate2” plugin to transfer
   the blog.
    but when i import that file : i am getting following error
 * “Unable to create directory C:\Inetpub\vhosts\readgujarati.com\httpdocs\samachar/
   wp-content/uploads/2006/11. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
 * how i can solve this problem ? please guide me.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-folder-writtable-error/#post-482721)
 * Make the folder writable by the server process?
 * Which plugin are you using for the import? Is it the one from here? [http://www.technosailor.com/wordpress-to-wordpress-import/](http://www.technosailor.com/wordpress-to-wordpress-import/)
 * Or did you find an alternate somewhere?
 *  Thread Starter [mrugesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrugesh/)
 * (@mrugesh)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-folder-writtable-error/#post-482723)
 * Exactly i am using the above plugin which you have given link
 * and it imports file successfully but upto half process. after half process, it
   generates above error.
 *  Thread Starter [mrugesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrugesh/)
 * (@mrugesh)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-folder-writtable-error/#post-482725)
 * what i do to solve the above error.
 * please guide me
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-folder-writtable-error/#post-482727)
 * search, you can certainly do that as easily as anyone else 🙂
 * [http://wordpress.org/search/s+its+parent+directory+writable+by+the+server?forums=1](http://wordpress.org/search/s+its+parent+directory+writable+by+the+server?forums=1)

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