Title: Installing Please Help
Last modified: June 30, 2023

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# Installing Please Help

 *  [bungie01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bungie01/)
 * (@bungie01)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-please-help-2/)
 * I’ve down loaded WordPress, Unzipped it. There is no install.exe file? Nothing
   happens I tried copying the gobbledegook.php in to a browser still nothing?? 
   Need to try it offline before messing up my website 🙁 Why doesn’t it just work?
   How is it better than older web-design programmes?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Finstalling-please-help-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-please-help-2/#post-16860854)
 * WordPress does not run as an .exe file on a Windows machine. It’s a system designed
   to run on a web server, as part of a LAMP or LEMP stack.
 * Go to localwp.com and download a free copy of that. It will give you a very easy
   way to run WordPress locally for development and testing.
 *  Thread Starter [bungie01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bungie01/)
 * (@bungie01)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-please-help-2/#post-16860892)
 * OK thanks looks like WordPress isn’t for me.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-please-help-2/#post-16860908)
 * What are you trying to accomplish?

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 * [Install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/install/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-please-help-2/#post-16860908)
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