Title: Help-Installed Wrong Directory
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Help-Installed Wrong Directory

 *  [joann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joann/)
 * (@joann)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/)
 * I installed WP on our server; but it took over the “main” page our company website–
   when I really just wanted WP on a subdomain of ours. Does anyone know who I can
   changes this? Do I need to uninstall then reinstall?
 * -joann
    [joann@arnoldgrant.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/joann@arnoldgrant.com?output_format=md)

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/#post-649934)
 * Technically, [Moving WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress),
   has the info you need.
 * Unless you have a lot of posts etc, then a reinstall might be just as easy.
 *  Thread Starter [joann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joann/)
 * (@joann)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/#post-649940)
 * how do you uninstall? i typed unstall in the “search” and directions did not 
   come up. I do not have any posts as I just started this today and i am trying
   to figure it all out.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/#post-649942)
 * Using FTP delete the folder (or folders).
 * Using [phpMyAdmin](http://codex.wordpress.org/phpMyAdmin), DROP the tables.
 *  Thread Starter [joann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joann/)
 * (@joann)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/#post-649960)
 * I was able to unstall thank you.
    Here’s the problem. I reinstalled it on the(
   ie. AGsite.com but under this…. we have other domains such as meal.com; latinroots.
   com etc….
 * so now i’ve installed wordpress successfull under the “root” arnoldgrant.com 
   in a directory called “wordpress”. I then followed your “move” directions that
   you advised about. I changed the index.php file to reflect wordpress in it… i
   also copied the httaccess file over to the folder for [meal.com](http://meal.com).
 * **this is the message i get:**
    Warning: main(./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php)[
   function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/arnoldgr/
   public_html/meal/index.php on line 4
 * Warning: main(./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php) [function.main]: failed to open
   stream: No such file or directory in /home/arnoldgr/public_html/meal/index.php
   on line 4
 * Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘./wordpress/
   wp-blog-header.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/
   arnoldgr/public_html/meal/index.php on line 4
 * -joann
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/#post-649961)
 * I don’t understand what are you messing around with…
    The Moving… instructions
   were for the case you do NOT want to uninstall.
 * Since you uninstalled it and installed it in another location – what are you 
   trying to do?
 *  Thread Starter [joann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joann/)
 * (@joann)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/#post-649962)
 * I have a hosting account; **arnoldgrant.com**
    under this; i have other domain
   names that are set up as subdomain pointers.
 * **i installed WordPress on the main hosting account: arnoldgrant.com** – because
   it only let me do it in the root directory.
 * i want to set up a blog for 3 other seperate domain names:
    meal.com etc… which
   are all under the directories of arnoldgrant.com
 * joann – [joann@arnoldgrant.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/joann@arnoldgrant.com?output_format=md)

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 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [joann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joann/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-wrong-directory/#post-649962)
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