Author Topic: sites\default folder writeable? - Error during install (Read 1175 times)

vikasgupta · May 03, 2009, 12:23:06 pm

I am trying to install CiviCRM on my laptop running Windows XP. My installer is not able to get through the first screen and cannot validate the last item
Is the sites\default folder writeable? The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file: C:/wamp/www/drupal-6.10\sites\default

I tried to set read/write permissions on the site and default folders by going into Windows Explorer but that did not work. Any help would be appreciated.

Eileen · May 04, 2009, 07:54:21 am

There was a problem that sounded similar to this some people were having earlier. The trick was to remove the XP readonly flag (it doesn't really mean anything applied to a folder but it seems to be there by default). You can set it through right-click properties and clearing the read only flag (make sure to apply it to all folders & subfolders) but some people were having more success with attrib -R in the command prompt. (if you search on that in the forum you should find the threads)

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Author Topic: sites\default folder writeable? - Error during install (Read 1175 times)

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