Title: “already installed” problem Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # “already installed” problem * [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * (@francistill) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/) * 1. Tried to upgrade from 1.5 to 2.0 and there was no dashboard content, so I uninstalled it and tried to reinstall my 1.5. 2. Cleaned out the database of all tables. 3. Installed 1.5, got the basic start page. 4. Restored the DB content. 5. Got an “already installed, please etc” message on going back to the site. 6. Repeated infinitely, with many minor variations. 7. How to I restore my db content without setting off the “already installed” alarm? Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312152) * What you need to do is restore the database completely, then just put the files back on the site. You do not run install again – just put it all into place. Or have I misunderstood ? * Thread Starter [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * (@francistill) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312271) * Thanks for picking up on this. After I remove the tables from the db and reinstall 1.5, I get a clean blog with no content — but it works fine and there are all the normal 9 tables in the db, waiting for data. I use the SQL interface to populate the db with the old files and that works, producing 10 tables. Going back to the blog, I find a nessage telling me I haven’t yet installed WP. When I install per the script wizard, it tells me I’ve already installed it and need to empty the db tables if I want to install it again. I don’t, but I can’t find the installed iteration — only the script wizard, at the normal url (which is, fyi, till.co. nz/tillnet ) * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312274) * _After I remove the tables from the db and reinstall 1.5,_ That’s the whole idea as Podz said: do NOT reinstall! Just put the files and the restored db there– it should work. * Thread Starter [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * (@francistill) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312282) * I’m not making myself clear. The blog shows ONLY the install wizard once the db is repopulated. The sequence I’m following is: * 1. The 1.5 gets installed and has empty tables in the db, but otherwise works fine. 2. I repopulate the db. 3. The blog says I haven’t installed WP and presents the install wizard. 4. The install wizard instructs me to empty the db. 5. It’s a closed loop. * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312286) * 1. Import the 1.5 db into the DB 2. Upload the WP 1.5 files 3. DO NOT RUN INSTALL– just see your blog. * Thread Starter [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * (@francistill) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312293) * No glory. At the front door, I still get this: “It doesn’t look like you’ve installed WP yet. Try running install.php.” * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312295) * Look, if you have the backup DB from your previous 1.5 install and your backup files from your WP1.5 previous install – that should work. My (and I guess Podz’s) understanding was it is a simple restore. * Thread Starter [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * (@francistill) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312298) * Mine, too, it’s just not working. * Thread Starter [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * (@francistill) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312300) * Could the fact that there are 10 tables in the db backup and 9 in the db established by 1.5 indicate that I’ve somehow screwed up and backed up the db AFTER my failed version 2 install? If so, would repopulating the db after a clean install of 2 work? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312304) * One possibility is that backed up after the upgrade. The other is that there used to be a plugin in your WP 1.5 that created its own db table. * [narration](https://wordpress.org/support/users/narration/) * (@narration) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312307) * You could try the script here. It worked for me to revert a 2.0 install to 1.5.2. It was a very minimal set of pages, but seems to work for others except one – see comments. * I think you have your backup of the database – be sure before you try anything like this. * [http://somethingunpredictable.com/archives/29/12/2005/wordpress-database-downgrader/](http://somethingunpredictable.com/archives/29/12/2005/wordpress-database-downgrader/) * Thread Starter [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * (@francistill) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312308) * That’s quite a script! I didn’t need it, though, in the end, although I did run it and it may have worked some kind of “magic.” Immediately after running it, another wizard popped up when I went to the homepage of the blog saying it would upgrade my version to the “latest” and I ran that, as well. After which, I repopulated the db and viola. * What that means, incidentally, is that WP wouldn’t let me downgrade and run, for some reason, perhaps because the version 2 I was using was a clean install? * I have NO idea why it worked, but I’m a happy camper. Persistence pays, or something. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘“already installed” problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [already](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/already/) * [installed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installed/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 12 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [francistill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francistill/) * Last activity: [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/already-installed-problem/#post-312308) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics