Title: Error when installing any plugin
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Error when installing any plugin

 *  [go_be](https://wordpress.org/support/users/go_be/)
 * (@go_be)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-any-plugin/)
 * My WordPress site is self hosted on Server 2003 using IIS. Every time I try to
   install any plugin, I get the following error message:
 * Download failed. Could not open handle for fopen() to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot/wp-content/[
   name of plugin]
 * I figured there was an issue with my wp-config.php file but I can’t find such
   a file anywhere. The site runs perfect otherwise. Please help.

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 * [uploading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/uploading/)
 * [wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-config-php/)

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