Title: image upload error – wrong upload folder path Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # image upload error – wrong upload folder path * Resolved [connectto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connectto/) * (@connectto) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/) * I’m having trouble uploading images on my wordpress * i found the following error message: * “travelcouture.jpg” has failed to upload due to an error Unable to create directory E:\home\travelcout\Web/wp-content/uploads/2012/02. Is its parent directory writable by the server? * I noticed that the address in question does not exist E:\home\travelcout\Web/ wp-content/uploads/2012/02 .. this is not the correct address of this folder on the web or in my internal server for testing .. I do not know this “E:\home”.. * I have done a search here at the forum and google in general and tried the following solutions – none worked: * – set all the folders with the configuration 777 (already) * – “Store uploads in this folder” – set to “wp-content/uploads” although it is already warning that this is the default at wordpress admin – also did not work– set back the original empty default * – Tried to change the “Full URL path to files” to the correct address http:/www. travelcouture.com.br/Web/wp-content/uploads/ but also did not work – went back to the original empty default * – Tried to create a new folder “uploads” – did not work * – Tried to create a new folder with a different name “upload” and set the new path through the “Store uploads in this folder” to “wp-content/upload” – did not work – I went back to the original empty default and set the folder name back to “uploads” * – inside the upload folder i found subfolders “2012” and inside that another subfolder “01” * as the error says failed to create the folder “02” I tried to create this folder– then got a different error: “HTTP error” * deleted this “02” folder * – tried to turn off option “Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders”– did not work – but change the error message – now it shows “HTTP error” * Anyone know how I can fix this problem by correcting the wrong path or otherwise? * thank you in advance Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2587920) * Try changing the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766 and remove any sub-folders that you added mnaually. If you still have problems, try 767, 775 or 777. Once your uploads are working, change the permissions on wp-content back to 755 again and check that everything still works OK. [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions) * Thread Starter [connectto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connectto/) * (@connectto) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2588032) * hello esmi really thanx for your answer * actually everything is already set to 777 – it seems to be default in the server im hosted and i cant change this number via ftp. * this seems to be other kind of error. * the first test i found on google about it was to change the permissions to 777 and when i check everything was already set to 777 so shouldnt experience thins kind of problem.. * anyone have this same error ? please help hehe 🙂 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2588047) * Delete any uploads folders that you created manually insider wp-content. It is** vital** that WordPress creates the folder(s) itself. If that still isn’t working, try contacting your hosts. This could be a folder ownership issue rather than a permissions one. * [rfair404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfair404/) * (@rfair404) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2588049) * I find this path odd. E:\home\travelcout\Web/wp-content/uploads/2012/02 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2588068) * Looks like a Windows server path. Or a localhost install. * [12much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/12much/) * (@12much) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2588169) * > I find this path odd. E:\home\travelcout\Web/wp-content/uploads/2012/02 > Hi All, it isn’t that odd. It is in your settings and can be changed. WP actually > makes the directory as YYYY/MM so 01 is january etc. > In my case it wasn’t possible either and due to administrator rights. They > did the installation for me and forgot to change their own Login and PW. After > that I could write the dir’s myself, upload media without any errors. I see > a questionmark now instead of the thumbnail. But I’ll try to delete the dirs > I made first like Esmi adviced. Check your host, he has to do something first. * Thread Starter [connectto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connectto/) * (@connectto) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2588201) * solved – change my windows host to linux host * thanx 🙂 Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘image upload error – wrong upload folder path’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image/) * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 7 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [connectto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connectto/) * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-wrong-upload-folder-path/#post-2588201) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics