Title: ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’

 *  Resolved [mifa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mifa/)
 * (@mifa)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/_already-installed/)
 * This is what I am seeing when i try to go to the install screen:
 * >
 * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’
    ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress.
   To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.’).’
 * ‘);} switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // in case people are directly linking to
   this display_header(); ?>
    ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just
   fill in the information below and you\’ll be on your way to using the most extendable
   and powerful personal publishing platform in the world.’), ‘../readme.html’);?
   >
 * ([http://domainname/wp-admin/install.php](http://domainname/wp-admin/install.php))
 * I know PHP is enabled, because I am replacing a site that was built in PHP, any
   ideas?

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 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/_already-installed/#post-1032010)
 * Hi
 * Most likely this is telling you that it already found the WordPress database 
   tables created in your database. Do you have any idea why they would already 
   exist? Did you run the install more than once? Was there already a WP site on
   the domain?
 * If you know how to use PHPmyAdmin you can go into the database and see if the
   WP tables are already created. If they are and you are positive they are not 
   needed, that you are looking at the right WP install, etc etc then you can go
   ahead and delete the tables in the database (although I’d recommend doing a full
   export first “just in case”.
 * If you don’t know how to use PHPmyAdmin, here is an article about changing your
   password using PHPmyAdmin. You don’t want to change your password but it will
   show you how to log into PHPmyAdmin, and how to find your way around it.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password#Through_phpMyAdmin](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password#Through_phpMyAdmin)
 *  Thread Starter [mifa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mifa/)
 * (@mifa)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/_already-installed/#post-1032020)
 * My web host has me locked out of PHPmyAdmin, but it turns out it was a PHP issue(
   he had restricted it on this domain), and all he had to do was put up a new .
   htaccess file.
 * Thanks though!

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 * Last reply from: [mifa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mifa/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/_already-installed/#post-1032020)
 * Status: resolved

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