Title: install.php won’t open in browser
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# install.php won’t open in browser

 *  Resolved [shirleymck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirleymck/)
 * (@shirleymck)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/)
 * I have reached the point in the installation process where I am supposed to open
   install.php in the browser. When I attempt to do this, it hangs up and will not
   open. I tried this on three different computers at home and had my husband try
   it on his computer at work.
 * The techs at my web hosting service say they can open it just fine and it must
   be my Internet connection speed. However, we have broadband and recently upgraded
   to an 11G router. Most pages open just fine, including pages on the site where
   I am attempting to install the blog.

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 *  [annapeer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annapeer/)
 * (@annapeer)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/#post-678060)
 * I am having much the same problem. The error message I get is The specified CGI
   application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. — Does
   that mean that the install.php file has a bad header?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/#post-678065)
 * annapeer,
    try always a search for the error message you receive: [http://wordpress.org/search/The+specified+CGI+application+misbehaved?forums=1](http://wordpress.org/search/The+specified+CGI+application+misbehaved?forums=1)
 *  Thread Starter [shirleymck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirleymck/)
 * (@shirleymck)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/#post-678076)
 * What about the problem I originally posted? I didn’t get an error message.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/#post-678083)
 * It is difficult to guess when not seeing it and no error messages displayed.
 *  [annapeer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annapeer/)
 * (@annapeer)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/#post-678087)
 * I just looked on a different thread about this same problem and followed these
   directions:
    Delete wordpress 2.3.2 and install 2.3.1 This fixes my problem concerning
   the bad header. This might work for shirley (at least I hope so).
 *  Thread Starter [shirleymck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirleymck/)
 * (@shirleymck)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/#post-678299)
 * My web hosting provider moved my site to a server with a newer version of Windows,
   and that solved the problem. It took them a while before they decided that was
   the problem, but it worked.

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 * [hang](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hang/)
 * [install.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/install-php/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [shirleymck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirleymck/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-wont-open-in-browser/#post-678299)
 * Status: resolved

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