# Error installing Wordpress for given site **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 9, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-installing-wordpress-for-given-site/35070 "2023-01-09T17:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oliverdragland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@oliverdragland](https://community.localwp.com/u/oliverdragland)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-installing-wordpress-for-given-site/35070/1 "2023-01-09T17:09:04Z")
Every time I attempt to create a new site, it halts at “Installing Wordpress” and spits out an error message saying they were unable to install WP. The “Site” still gets created, but when I click “open file location” it’s an invalid target and the “local sites” folder is empty. This happens for any site I attempt to create. I am not able to create a new, plain WordPress site in Local and access it in a Browser. Here’s some screenshots: Error: ![Skjermbilde 2023-01-09 174653](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/5/0/5000d400d7d1d49fac2978691e7be6eb317fc3a2.png) ![Skjermbilde 2023-01-09 180008](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/c/1/c15d9bb6639e59c8f321cf272d5b447cba97a484.png) I am currently running Local Version 6.6.0+6231 on Windows 11. Here’s the log: [local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/3coZmpO5YDKlr1Y9RCOJuDRDreO.log) (16.8 KB) ---
**Author:** ![burt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/burt/32/8523_2.png) [@burt](https://community.localwp.com/u/burt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-installing-wordpress-for-given-site/35070/2 "2023-01-09T17:24:50Z")
You may be hitting a known Windows-specific bug with passwords that include non-alphanumeric characters. I suggest setting the initial password to something simple, and then changing it to the more complex one through the WP admin after the site has been created successfully. ---
**Author:** ![oliverdragland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@oliverdragland](https://community.localwp.com/u/oliverdragland)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-installing-wordpress-for-given-site/35070/3 "2023-01-09T17:39:27Z")
This worked! However, you can’t even have spaces in the password. I’m still wondering where my website files are, they apparently don’t exist as shown in the 2nd screenshot; Whenever i try to open “Go to site folder”, the folder doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![oliverdragland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@oliverdragland](https://community.localwp.com/u/oliverdragland)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-installing-wordpress-for-given-site/35070/4 "2023-01-09T17:54:08Z")
I figured out the folder problem. Problem was that the default directory was set to C:\admin\Local Sites, but the shortcut tried to access it via the non-admin user path (C:\Users\nonadmin\Local Sites). I simply changed the default directory in settings to the non-admin user file. ---
**Author:** ![burt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/burt/32/8523_2.png) [@burt](https://community.localwp.com/u/burt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-installing-wordpress-for-given-site/35070/5 "2023-01-09T17:55:56Z")
Great to hear. Glad that you’re back on your way again. Happy Monday! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-installing-wordpress-for-given-site/35070/6 "2023-01-11T05:55:58Z")
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