Title: install error: “already installed” Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # install error: “already installed” * [Grinch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grinch/) * (@grinch) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/) * hey guys, * today i screwed up my localhost-install of WP. the admin passy was somehow lost and there was no way to login (f*ck !). so i deleted my XAMPP lite install (and with that, my local wordpress install). after a reboot and reinstall of both xampp (= apache, mysql, php) and wordpress, i cant get the fresh wordpress up and running. i get the error “Already Installed You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.” * rest of the error page is filled with code (another error, that is). * help ?! what can i do now ? did i forget to deinstall something ? some nifty windows system service ? * thx, mr. grinch Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/) * (@lesbessant) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-244981) * When you uninstalled XAMPP, did you actually delete the MySQL database? Sounds like it’s still using the same one. * And if you have got the db, you can reset the password: * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/) * Thread Starter [Grinch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grinch/) * (@grinch) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-244984) * i deleted the database, and then reinstalled XAMPP. no effect. * atm, i got XAMPP uninstalled. is there a way to check if the / any mysql database is still alive ? * … fuckin hell, if i only looked first; think i could have reset the passy with ur help 🙁 * Thread Starter [Grinch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grinch/) * (@grinch) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245270) * [http://home.wtnet.de/~jreinhardt/Screen01.JPG](http://home.wtnet.de/~jreinhardt/Screen01.JPG) * this is the error msg … help !! * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245289) * Grinch, it looks like PHP was not configured properly. If you are attempting to install WordPress locally using XAMPP, see this: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/) * [furrtrap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/furrtrap/) * (@furrtrap) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245315) * I got exactly the same error on a local install because I’d used the latest version of MySQL v4.1…. fixed by rolling back to v4.0. * There is a link somewhere (need to find it) about WP not working well with MySQL v4.1, it certainly didn’t work in my case, but ran without probs on v4.0. * OK here’s the link, look at section “Downloading and Installing MySQL” [http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/](http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/) * I’m sure the gurus on here will advise differently if there is a fix (I’m just a newbie) * Best Regards, Jamie * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245402) * Wp does not work work well with MySQL v4.1.7, but it works well with all other versions above 4.0, including v4.1.8 and higher. * [jayhen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jayhen/) * (@jayhen) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245551) * I get exactly the same error message as in the link above. * However, I am using SQL4.0 so don’t understand why there is a problem. * I confirmed with my hosting service that my config file was correct. (Note: it was incorrect when I first installed. I then simply deleted the WordPress folder from my FTP site, and pasted it again, and re-installed. No luck). * how can I clear it out completely, and then re-install? My server information: * Software support: • Full range of MIME Types supported • Flash/Shockwave • CGI counter, date and time fields • CGIEMAIL (form handling code) • PHP4& 5 • Chili!Soft ASP • MySQL 4.0 • Telnet/ SSH • FrontPage 2002 Extensions • Support for SSI • CGI counter, date and time fields • Perl 4 & 5 • Custom CGI • C, C++, C compiler * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245638) * jayhen: _ same error message as in the link above_ * Which one? There are so many links above… You mean the “already installed” error? Drop the tables from your DB, upload (and don’t paste:) the WP files to the server and run the install.php. * Thread Starter [Grinch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grinch/) * (@grinch) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245709) * still, the issue is NOT resolved !! i installed everything from scratch again. fresh xampp lite with mysql 4.1.12 and php 5.0.4, fresh wordpress install. the wordpress database is empty. * so just WHY do i get the “already installed” error ?! … “pls clear ur old database table” is just not workin. * heeeelp ! * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245710) * Grinch, if you have a PC, please follow these instructions exactly: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/) * If you have a Mac, please follow these instructions exactly: [http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/](http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/) * We have heard of no WordPress-related troubles with either of those tutorials, considering that you follow the process(es) exactly as written from the first step to the last. * Thread Starter [Grinch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grinch/) * (@grinch) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245711) * well i did !! only thing not working like the tutorial is creating the datatbase with “utf8 unicode ci” options, because its with underscores “utf8_unicode_ci”. * did the rest exactly. no success !! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘install error: “already installed”’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [already](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/already/) * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/) * [installed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installed/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 11 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [Grinch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grinch/) * Last activity: [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-error-already-installed/#post-245711) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics