Title: Softaculous issue
Last modified: May 11, 2017

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# Softaculous issue

 *  [jgold723](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgold723/)
 * (@jgold723)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/softaculous-issue/)
 * I originally installed WordPress in a sub directory (/dev) using the Softaculous
   installed my web host provides. When I was done, I moved the installation up 
   one level to the root directory, deleted /dev and updated the database. Everything
   works fine, except:
 * Softaculous still thinks there’s an installation at /dev and I get messages periodically
   to update this.
 * I’d like to either delete this now phantom install in Softaculous, or update 
   the path in Softaculous, but I don’t want this to damage my installation.
 * Have others run into this issue and what’s the best way to resolve it?

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 *  [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/)
 * (@sinip)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/softaculous-issue/#post-9121702)
 * Yes, happened to me as well. Once you do what you did with your installation,
   you need to “tell” Softaculous that there’s nothing in that folder any longer.
   🙂 I can’t remember where to go exactly in order to do that, but it is definitely
   inside cPanel.
 *  Thread Starter [jgold723](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgold723/)
 * (@jgold723)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/softaculous-issue/#post-9122786)
 * Thanks. And changing that won’t affect the installation?
 *  [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/)
 * (@sinip)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/softaculous-issue/#post-9122916)
 * Well, if you adjust the path, Softaculous should continue to update your WP automatically(
   if you’ve set it that way during initial installation), for every minor upgrade,
   like 4.7.4 -> 4.7.5 for instance, maybe even for major ones 4.7.4 -> 4.8, and
   if you delete that line it will not update anything and you’ll have to do the
   updates from within the dashboard.
 *  Thread Starter [jgold723](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgold723/)
 * (@jgold723)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/softaculous-issue/#post-9122971)
 * OK. My biggest concern is that it won’t affect/change the database.
 *  [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/)
 * (@sinip)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/softaculous-issue/#post-9124049)
 * Nope, it has nothing to do with the database whatsoever.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/softaculous-issue/#post-9124049)
 * Status: not resolved

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