Title: Uploads Not Working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Uploads Not Working

 *  Resolved [livewellenergy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livewellenergy/)
 * (@livewellenergy)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-not-working-2/)
 * I cannot get my uploads to work. I have set the file permissions to be able to
   write and this comes up:
 * “hairvitamin.jpg” has failed to upload due to an error
    The uploaded file could
   not be moved to C:\Inetpub\vhosts\livewellmkt.com\httpdocs/wp-content/uploads/
   2011/08.
 * Any other ideas?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-not-working-2/#post-2248029)
 * Where did you set the permissions, and did you make sure they were inherited 
   by the children? (I.e. if you set it on /uploads/ make SURE that 2011 and 08 
   BOTH were updated too)
 *  Thread Starter [livewellenergy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livewellenergy/)
 * (@livewellenergy)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-not-working-2/#post-2248032)
 * I set it for my entire root folder, and made sure that I set it do be the same
   for all subdirectories and files.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-not-working-2/#post-2248042)
 * Go double check ’em directly just in case. Some tools don’t actually do what 
   you tell ’em too.
 * They MAY need to be set to 777 (or full read/write/execute) permissions.
 *  Thread Starter [livewellenergy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livewellenergy/)
 * (@livewellenergy)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-not-working-2/#post-2248050)
 * I already set everything to 777, but I am running the permissions for the entire
   folder again and see what happens.
 *  Thread Starter [livewellenergy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livewellenergy/)
 * (@livewellenergy)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-not-working-2/#post-2248061)
 * Yeah, that didn’t do anything 🙁
 * I am not the sole controller of our server, my company’s programmer gave me access
   via FTP. Does he control whether I have the ability to change file permissions
   or not?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [livewellenergy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livewellenergy/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-not-working-2/#post-2248061)
 * Status: resolved

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