# LocalWP on Windows 10 - wordpress site creation errors

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/localwp-on-windows-10-wordpress-site-creation-errors/52316>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 22, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/localwp-on-windows-10-wordpress-site-creation-errors/52316 "2026-06-22T10:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielshalari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@danielshalari](https://community.localwp.com/u/danielshalari)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/localwp-on-windows-10-wordpress-site-creation-errors/52316/1 "2026-06-22T10:47:24Z")

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### What issue or error are you experiencing?

wordpress website creation error

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

creating a wordpress site

 ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/8/e/8e49ba1b760f70bdf94baa63cb742fe256e53d2b.png)

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### System Details

- **Local Version: 10.1.1**

- **Operating System (OS) and OS version: Windows 10 Pro - 10.0.19045 Build 19045**

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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/))

[local-logs.zip](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/eRBKjFi3LIsp6VlCuQrJO3A53oC.zip) (7.4 KB)

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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:** ![danielshalari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@danielshalari](https://community.localwp.com/u/danielshalari)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/localwp-on-windows-10-wordpress-site-creation-errors/52316/2 "2026-06-22T11:17:41Z")

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After some tinkering, I got it working.

These are the steps I took:

1. Disabled Windows Antivirus and reinstalled LocalWP.

2. In `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc`, I made sure the `hosts` file and the `etc` folder were not set to **Read-only** , so LocalWP would have the necessary permissions to modify them.

3. Ran LocalWP as Administrator.

After completing these steps, I was able to create a site successfully and run it.

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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:** [June 22, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/localwp-on-windows-10-wordpress-site-creation-errors/52316/3 "2026-06-22T16:43:40Z")

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Thank you for sharing your update @danielshalari!

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**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:** [June 24, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/localwp-on-windows-10-wordpress-site-creation-errors/52316/4 "2026-06-24T04:43:54Z")

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Closed on June 24, 2026, 4:43am UTC

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