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1. #1 carucha on November 10, 2009 at 4:39 pm

   HI,

   thanks for this post. I am having this problem right, now. However, it tells me there are conflicted name files, but don’t list them so, I do not know what to delete. Have you had any problems with this. Below is what it said. Thanks Rue

   The installation can not be completed:

   - You chose to install in the main directory of the domain clmvisuals.com, but there are conflicting filenames, therefore we can not proceed. Following filenames already exist in the main directory of the domain clmvisuals.com (path=”/home/clm/public_html/”).You must manually remove these files before proceeding with auto-installation:
   index.php

   Click on the browser’s Back button to fix reported errors.

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2. #2 Nick Riebe on November 10, 2009 at 4:45 pm

   If you have important files uploaded, save them somewhere. What I did is deleted everything, and discovered which files kept coming back. They were the 3 folders I listed in the post, so I renamed them, then tried reinstalling wordpress with fantastico and it worked. It looks like your file index.php is the culprit so I would try to delete that and try installing again. Let me know if this helps. If not, send me an email to nickriebeblog@gmail.com and I’ll see what I can do

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3. #3 arif on November 26, 2009 at 1:06 am

   yess, it’s work for me.

   thank’s.

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4. #4 Rosie Peters on February 17, 2010 at 11:49 pm

   Thank you SO much. This was driving me nuts. It’s bad enough that I don’t want to press a button that can potentially affect several sites by mistake, but when you finally get brave enough to press delete and the suckers keep coming back, that’s just mind bending. All good now.

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5. #5 will on April 26, 2010 at 7:20 pm

   It actually worked….after trying so may other methods. Thanks for helping the non-tech guys.

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6. #6 Paulynn W on May 24, 2010 at 3:47 am

   OMG!!! You are a life saver!!!!! I was ready to throw my laptop out of the window and was getting so frustrated the whole day! Thank you so much. Nicholas!

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7. #7 ameen on June 14, 2010 at 5:35 pm

   thank you. it made me mad, anyhow. but it’s OK now.

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8. #8 jane on June 15, 2010 at 10:44 am

   thank you so much you saved my day with this post. i was almost getting tired of the whole stubborn delete drama b4 i stumbld on ur post

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9. #9 antoniuszs on June 24, 2010 at 12:18 pm

   hmm, i can use your method… but how to delete it(that rename file)… it’s use 42 mb T_T

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10. #10 Gareth on July 8, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    another way is to change the permissions of the files you are trying to delete. Regardless of how you are viewing your files….either by ftp software like Filezilla or through you hosting provider you can view all your files via ftp. Locate the files you want to delete, so in this case it is the wp_admin, content & includes files…….so individually click them and rename them as mentioned above, then on the control panel locate the change permissions button. Make sure all boxes are ticked so that the files are writeable etc etc etc…..save your changes then you can go back and try to delete…….

    ….and it should work…..it did for me.

    hope this helps guys

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11. #11 JO on July 12, 2010 at 10:49 am

    any chance this procedure will change urls of other stuff making them no longer work – ie: AWeber landing or confirmation pages??

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12. #12 Adrian on August 2, 2010 at 2:55 am

    Just droppin by to say nice one for that there info, massive help after spinning in circles for a while getting nowhere.

    At least now i can struggle again up that there learning curve of WordPress

    Had to say Thank You

    ~ Later ~

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13. #13 Neel Kapoor on October 21, 2010 at 3:37 am

    Thanks for this usuful information , now everything is o.k.

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14. #14 Euginn on October 28, 2010 at 3:20 am

    Thanks so much! It worked for me! Thanks once again!!!

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15. #15 karen on November 5, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    I can’t get any sense out of WP, and to be honest I have no idea what I’m doing anyway! I have about 6 sites in WP and am afraid of deleting the wrong ones!
    I am using Fantastico thu C panel.

    - You chose to install in the main directory of the domain christmastoys4.us, but there are conflicting filenames, therefore we can not proceed. Following filenames already exist in the main directory of the domain christmastoys4.us (path=”/home/karen/public_html/”).You must manually remove these files before proceeding with auto-installation:
    wp-admin
    wp-content
    wp-includes
    fantversion.php
    index.php
    license.txt
    readme.html
    wp-activate.php
    wp-app.php
    wp-atom.php
    wp-blog-header.php
    wp-comments-post.php
    wp-commentsrss2.php
    wp-config-sample.php
    wp-config.php
    wp-cron.php
    wp-feed.php
    wp-links-opml.php
    wp-load.php
    wp-login.php
    wp-mail.php
    wp-pass.php
    wp-rdf.php
    wp-register.php
    wp-rss.php
    wp-rss2.php
    wp-settings.php
    wp-signup.php
    wp-trackback.php
    xmlrpc.php

    Click on the browser’s Back button to fix reported errors.

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16. #16 karen on November 5, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    No sweat, problem solved.

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17. #17 Shannon on November 6, 2010 at 4:34 am

    Thanks so much for posting this!! Was driving me crazy – couldn’t figure out what to do!! Your solutions (change filename and change permissions) worked perfectly. I now have WordPress re-installed. THANKS HEAPS, YOU’RE A LEGEND!!!

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18. #18 mayumi on November 13, 2010 at 8:39 am

    Love this fix! Solved my dilemma.

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19. #19 STANLEY C on January 7, 2011 at 2:54 am

    @carucha:
    yes, i rename the wp-admin, wp-includes. it really works. now can install thanks

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20. #20 Tina on February 4, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    THANKS!! Great help for me!

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21. #21 Nick Riebe on February 5, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    Hey- glad I could help!

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22. #22 Banjarnegara on March 14, 2011 at 5:27 am

    I can’t delete/rename/change permissions on index.php
    Any suggest Nick?

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23. #23 Nick Riebe on March 14, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    Not sure what you’re trying to do, but I would suggest trying to overwrite it if you have a newer version.

    If you’re trying to delete your blog, did you try it first within fantastico deluxe?

    Last, is there an error message or something when you try to change permissions? You’re trying to do it with the control panel, correct?

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24. #24 judy robertson on March 29, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    hi nick thanks for the info was getting so frustrated.do you know anything about wptwindeploy.I have uploaded the files i need and they are sitting in the directory of worpress but when i hit the deploy files it just takes me to a quick install page of wordpress but it is already installed in the cpanel.If you can answer this one you would be helping a lot of people.

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25. #25 Cam on April 14, 2011 at 5:11 am

    Perfect fix!!!!! That was just about to send me mad.

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26. #26 Angie on August 1, 2011 at 6:29 am

    Thanks – finally managed to do this. I had to use Legacy File Manager in Fantastico cpanel rather than the basic file manager (where I could not change the file names) and all I did was change permissions on each file (ticked all for user) and then deleted them.

    On re-installing wordpress it told me I had to also delete index.php file – I did so through Legacy file manager, and now wordpress has been re-installed.

    Thanks for your advice.

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27. #27 Aaron webb on August 6, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    HEY IT WORKED!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! GOD BLESS

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28. #28 Charles on December 29, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    Thanks for the permissions tip! That led me to experiment on what I was doing wrong. With me it was all about permissions.

    I thought that once I did all the check marks in the permission screen, that would give me permission to globally do the other wp folders in cpanel.

    I was able to delete the three folders I needed gone in the right panel by Highlighting all at one time, then clicked on the permissions icon to set the permissions on full just for those.

    They became deleted once I did that, and I was able to re-install WordPress through Fantastico.

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29. #29 Courchevel Airport Transfers on December 31, 2011 at 4:50 am

    Worked a treat! And now installed and working!!

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30. #30 Chris on April 22, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    Nick, thank you so much, I was already figuring with this for 1 1/2 day in my weekend, and it made me mad. Then I finally found your solution…works like a charm, thanks again!!

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