Title: Errors out when activating
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Errors out when activating

 *  [wasio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wasio/)
 * (@wasio)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-out-when-activating/)
 * When activating receive the following error:
 * Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘FileOperationException’ with message ‘**/home2/
   wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/w3tc-config/master.php** could not be created,
   please run following command:
    - <strong style=”color: #f00;”>chmod 777 /home2/wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/
      cache/tmp
    - <strong style=”color: #f00;”>chmod 777 /home2/wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/
      w3tc-config
    - ‘ in /home2/wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/inc/functions/
      activation.php:127 Stack trace: #0 /home2/wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/
      plugins/w3-total-cache/lib/W3/ConfigWriter.php(159): w3_throw_on_write_error(‘/
      home2/wasiopho…’, Array) #1 /home2/wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/plugins/
      w3-total-cache/lib/W3/Config.php(71): W3_ConfigWriter->save() #2 /home2/wasiopho/
      public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/lib/W3/CloudFlare.php(174): 
      W3_Config->save() #3 /home2/wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-
      cache/lib/W3/Plugin/CloudFlare.php(52): W3_CloudFlare->update_ip_ranges in/
      home2/wasiopho/public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/inc/functions/
      activation.php on line 127
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 * Last reply from: [wasio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wasio/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-out-when-activating/)
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