Title: Cannot Edit Themes – Various errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot Edit Themes – Various errors

 *  [itistic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itistic/)
 * (@itistic)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-themes-various-errors/)
 * Our WordPress 2.8.6 installation is returning multiple different errors when 
   trying to edit theme files via wp-admin. The errors are as follows:
 * “Invalid index.”
    “The data area passed to a system call is too small” “The parameter
   is incorrect.”
 * We’ve tried deactivating all plugins to no avail. We also tried creating a blank“
   plugins” directory and also still experienced these errors. Some theme files 
   we are able to edit (very few), but most give one of the three errors above. 
   We also tried switching back to the WordPress Default theme with the same results.
 * This installation is running on a Windows 2003 Server, IIS 6, PHP 5.3.0, FastCGI
   6.1.36.1, and MySQL 5.1.40-community.

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-themes-various-errors/#post-1275475)
 * Can you edit theme files with a text editor over FTP or SFTP?
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-themes-various-errors/#post-1275495)
 * ask Microsoft what the problem is — those are Windows errors, not wordpress errors.
 * [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=The+data+area+passed+to+a+system+call+is+too+small&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=74f5ed7994d722e7](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=The+data+area+passed+to+a+system+call+is+too+small&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=74f5ed7994d722e7)
 * [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=Invalid+index.&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=74f5ed7994d722e7](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=Invalid+index.&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=74f5ed7994d722e7)
 * In the meantime, edit the files locally as suggested above, or rdp into the box
   and edit them that way, if you have that sort of access.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-themes-various-errors/#post-1275495)
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