# How do I fix this? I had just finished a site for a customer

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** windows-10\
**Created:** [September 8, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965 "2023-09-08T14:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emmanuel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Emmanuel1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Emmanuel1)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/1 "2023-09-08T14:37:49Z")

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### What issue or error are you experiencing?

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-08 173402](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/d/1/d125b7c1ac6ff00a19f68137bbd300be2f839388.png)  
Please help. I am not an expert. What is the easiest way to fix this bug!

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### What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

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### System Details

- **Local Version:**

- **Operating System (OS) and OS version:**

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### Local Logs

Attach your Local Logs here ([Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/))

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_ **Security Reminder** _  
Local does a pretty good job of scrubbing private info from the logs and the errors it produces, however there’s always the possibility that something private can come through. Because these are public forums, always review the screenshots you are sharing to make sure there isn’t private info like passwords being displayed.

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/2 "2023-09-08T15:20:53Z")

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Hi @Emmanuel1

Do you have any antivirus, security, or firewall applications that could be blocking Local?

More details about troubleshooting this here: [Router Mode](https://localwp.com/help-docs/advanced/router-mode/)

Are you running other developer applications simultaneously? That could also cause similar issues. Apps like MAMP, XAMPP, or Docker for example.

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Emmanuel1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Emmanuel1)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/3 "2023-09-08T19:49:30Z")

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I downloaded xampp and changed path for local from port 80 to 8080… there was no improvement…now all my local sites show the same error.

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/4 "2023-09-08T20:33:31Z")

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Can you try changing your Router Mode to Localhost? Preferences\>Advanced\>Router Mode

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Emmanuel1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Emmanuel1)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/5 "2023-09-09T14:27:58Z")

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Could we do a video call so I could put you to context?

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/6 "2023-09-09T14:34:36Z")

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I edited your comment to remove personal details since these are public forums. Just to keep your info safe!

We are happy to help you further however since Local is a popular and free product we do not offer priority virtual support for calls, virtual meetings, etc

It still seems like what you’ve described you’ve got a blocker somewhere on your machine. Have you checked for permissions and security interference?

Did you go through the steps in this article to check for Port Conflicts?

> **[What is Router Mode?](https://localwp.com/help-docs/advanced/router-mode/)**
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> Router Mode is Local's way of offering the best offline development experience possible while still "playing nice" with other, similar development applications.

If you’re still running XAMPP or any other dev program, you’ll want to shut that down completely and then try rebooting your machine. It might still be trying to share a port or preventing Local from updating files on the machine.

Could you provide some more details to help us take a further look?

- What is your OS?

- What version of Local are you on?

- Please attach a copy of your [Local Logs](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/#download-local-logs)

Keep us posted and we’d be happy to help further!

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Emmanuel1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Emmanuel1)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/7 "2023-09-09T17:08:49Z")

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Now this is showing  
Windows: 11 pro- version 22H2  
OS: 22621.2134  
Local: 7.1.2

 ![IMG_20230909_200556_387.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/0/6/0659d76b5a6d82f44c5bc7a2ac78e5cfe8b6b1e1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Emmanuel1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Emmanuel1)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/8 "2023-09-09T17:27:57Z")

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All sites are showing this now

 ![IMG_20230909_202709_937.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/5/2/52dcf67ad565650b17c4f415df723b3ac16d12e3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/9 "2023-09-10T13:10:36Z")

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If you change your Router Mode back to Site Domains do those errors go away?

Have you been able to review any security applications, permissions, troubleshoot port conflicts, etc?

Can you share your Local Log?

 ![Local Log Download](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/4/6/464514032c6caa3c05ad59706d7d79f429144d32.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Emmanuel1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Emmanuel1)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/10 "2023-09-11T06:43:23Z")

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Here is my local logs. No security is running. No improvements

[local-logs2.zip](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/arDyfwAchsmgerNxm2O1pnEJL7f.zip) (127 KB)

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/11 "2023-09-12T13:58:43Z")

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The errors in your log are very similar to another post I’ll share below. For example:

`The innodb_system data file 'ibdata1' must be writable`

Usually with these types of errors the culprit is something like antivirus, but if you’re certain that isn’t an issue then it could be permissions getting blocked elsewhere, the disk is out of space, or maybe corrupted. I’ll share some threads below with similar errors and potential workarounds. Something you might have to try if nothing else works is exporting/saving your Local sites and then completely wiping Local from your machine. Then re-downloading and importing your sites back into Local to try again.

> [@SOMETIMES say "Error establishing a database connection"](https://community.localwp.com/t/sometimes-say-error-establishing-a-database-connection/21588/10):
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> Thanks for that log @hrr! I’m seeing a few errors that look something like: {"thread":"main","errno":-4048,"code":"EPERM","syscall":"open","path":"C:\\Users\\Acer\\Local Sites\\ridingcolombiarivas\\app\\sql\\local.sql.tmp","level":"error","stack":"Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\\Users\\Acer\\Local Sites\\ridingcolombiarivas\\app\\sql\\local.sql.tmp'","message":"EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\\Users\\Acer\\Local Sites\\ridingcolombiarivas\\app\\sql\\local.sql.tmp'","t…

> [@Can't start site MYSQL connection error](https://community.localwp.com/t/cant-start-site-mysql-connection-error/37762/11):
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> This original error: basically means that the MySQL process can’t start for some reason. As @Nick-B mentioned, it seems like the raw DB files weren’t writable: Which isn’t a normal thing, and is usually antivirus locking things down, or possibly a file getting corrupted. As you say, it’s hard to know exactly what caused the DB files from going into an unstable state. The best thing I can recommend is to get in the habit of stopping sites periodically so that Local can export the DB to a SQ…

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**Author:** ![moris974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/moris974/32/19582_2.png) [@moris974](https://community.localwp.com/u/moris974)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/12 "2023-09-19T18:44:03Z")

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io ho questo problema come voi ora come avete risolto ? è pronto un’altro aggiornamento di local ?

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/13 "2023-09-19T19:12:30Z")

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Could you provide some more details to help us take a further look?

- What is your OS?

- What version of Local are you on?

- Please attach a copy of your [Local Logs](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/#download-local-logs)

Keep us posted and we’d be happy to help further!

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**Author:** ![moris974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/moris974/32/19582_2.png) [@moris974](https://community.localwp.com/u/moris974)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/14 "2023-09-21T10:18:07Z")

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![Screenshot 2023-09-21 121127](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/e/d/edae980e37105a0e53542bff6ef0d983df5fafed.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2023-09-21 121147](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/5/e/5e2cfec440f17a355aa3edb332f15b9ead55a77e.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2023-09-21 121421](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/b/7/b779aea796aea31d7b400b4db9420c07496e761c.png)  
utilizzo win 11  
il problema è che dopo l’ultimo aggiornamento di local mi sta dando questi problemi, se do l’ok ai errori rimane in carica per molto tempo

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/15 "2023-09-21T13:37:52Z")

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Can you create a new, blank site and see if that works okay?

On the site getting the errors above, can you try to reimport it and see if that works? The steps would look like this:

- Right click the site name and select Export. Save that zip file on your desktop.
- Completely delete the site from Local
- Restart Local/your machine
- Reimport the zip file back into Local

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**Author:** ![moris974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/moris974/32/19582_2.png) [@moris974](https://community.localwp.com/u/moris974)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/16 "2023-09-21T15:24:32Z")

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ok fatto scaricato il file zip eliminato il sito ora come posso reinstallare il file zip ?  
grazie

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/17 "2023-09-21T16:11:25Z")

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If you drag and drop the zip into the Local app and it should begin the import automatically.

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**Author:** ![moris974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/moris974/32/19582_2.png) [@moris974](https://community.localwp.com/u/moris974)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/18 "2023-09-21T16:55:40Z")

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fatto trascinato e istallato ma esce questa schermata in allegato

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-21 185316](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/0/4/046307289b33e55b3d8d432065e28618da1d6dfe.png)

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/19 "2023-09-21T18:04:53Z")

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Can you share your Local Logs with us? [Retrieving Local’s Log File](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/#download-local-logs)

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**Author:** ![moris974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/moris974/32/19582_2.png) [@moris974](https://community.localwp.com/u/moris974)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/20 "2023-09-21T19:16:02Z")

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[local-logs.zip](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/kKvoLJqwfEEj3g6fJhH5wYJkAv8.zip) (289.7 KB)

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