Title: Cannot write files on UNC path
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot write files on UNC path

 *  [mindouglas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mindouglas/)
 * (@mindouglas)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-write-files-on-unc-path/)
 * First, I know permissions are correct, WordPress itself works fine. This is an
   issue just with the nextgen gallery. I’m hosting on an IIS farm with a file share
   cluster backend, so content is hosted over a UNC path. For whatever reason Nextgen
   cannot save to this. When I try and upload or create a new gallery I get the 
   error below.
 * Unable to create directory wp-content/gallery/meh!
    Directory wp-content/gallery/
   meh is not writeable ! Unable to create directory wp-content/gallery/meh/thumbs!
 * Again, permissions are correct. I can manage content with WordPress, update and
   install plugins, upload images, etc just fine. It is ONLY nextgen.
 * Thanks for any help!
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 * Last reply from: [mindouglas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mindouglas/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-write-files-on-unc-path/)
 * Status: not resolved