Title: Prolem running wp-admin/install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Prolem running wp-admin/install.php

 *  [manu595](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manu595/)
 * (@manu595)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prolem-running-wp-admininstallphp/)
 * When I click the install.php file in my web server’s file manager Firefox 2.0
   keeps prompting me to choose a program to open or download it. And when I choose
   Firefox to open it, the browser simply displays the code placed inside the file.
   Ideally shouldn’t I be getting prompts to finish the WP installation? I am referring
   to “Step 5: Run the Install Script” of the tut posted at [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress).

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prolem-running-wp-admininstallphp/#post-481744)
 * _When I click the install.php file in my web server’s file manager_
 * That’s the problem.
    You should open your browser (FF or whatever) AND write/
   type the address of the file in the address bar: example.com/wp-admin/install.
   php – hit Enter!
 *  [nicholas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas123/)
 * (@nicholas123)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prolem-running-wp-admininstallphp/#post-482196)
 * I’ve followed this advice because I was having the same problem of clicking on
   install.php file in the file manager. However, in the browser right at the top
   I see the words “Coming Son … ” and a blank browser.
 * Might this be because I just gave details of the name servers to the company 
   I registered the domain name with – register.com – a couple of hours ago and 
   they haven’t had a chance to update?
 *  [nicholas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas123/)
 * (@nicholas123)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prolem-running-wp-admininstallphp/#post-482197)
 * I think this must have fixed it because now I have the First Step prompt

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [nicholas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas123/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prolem-running-wp-admininstallphp/#post-482197)
 * Status: not resolved

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