Title: Problems reinstalling wordpress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problems reinstalling wordpress

 *  [jasonsaggo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonsaggo/)
 * (@jasonsaggo)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-reinstalling-wordpress-1/)
 * I want to reinstall wordpress but when I try to do to by clicking on the Dashboard-
   > Tools -> Upgrade I get this message. I´m not so good at computer language so
   if someone could tell me how to get around this error I would appreciate it. 
   Thanks!
 * Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file D:\Hosting\4290320\html/
   wp-content/1241572142 because Permission denied in D:\Hosting\4290320\html\wp-
   admin\includes\file.php on line 174
 * Warning: fileowner() [function.fileowner]: stat failed for D:\Hosting\4290320\
   html/wp-content/1241572142 in D:\Hosting\4290320\html\wp-admin\includes\file.
   php on line 628
 * Warning: unlink(D:\Hosting\4290320\html/wp-content/1241572142) [function.unlink]:
   No such file or directory in D:\Hosting\4290320\html\wp-admin\includes\file.php
   on line 630
 * Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file D:\Hosting\4290320\html/
   wp-content/1241572142 because Permission denied in D:\Hosting\4290320\html\wp-
   admin\includes\file.php on line 174
 * Warning: fileowner() [function.fileowner]: stat failed for D:\Hosting\4290320\
   html/wp-content/1241572142 in D:\Hosting\4290320\html\wp-admin\includes\file.
   php on line 628
 * Warning: unlink(D:\Hosting\4290320\html/wp-content/1241572142) [function.unlink]:
   No such file or directory in D:\Hosting\4290320\html\wp-admin\includes\file.php
   on line 630
 * Upgrade WordPress
    Downloading update from [http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1.zip](http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1.zip)
 * Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file D:\Hosting\4290320\html/
   wp-content/wordpress-271.zip because Permission denied in D:\Hosting\4290320\
   html\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 174
 * Download failed.: Could not create Temporary file
 * Installation Failed

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 *  [Casemon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/casemon/)
 * (@casemon)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-reinstalling-wordpress-1/#post-1070577)
 * Try adding this to your wp-config.php file:
 * `define('WP_TEMP_DIR', ABSPATH .'wp-content/uploads/');`

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [Casemon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/casemon/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-reinstalling-wordpress-1/#post-1070577)
 * Status: not resolved

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