Title: Missing a temporary folder ???
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Missing a temporary folder ???

 *  [junihh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/junihh/)
 * (@junihh)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-4/)
 * I install WP in my localhost using XAMPP ’cause i want to redisign my own theme.
   When i try to import the exported xml file (from the current site in my external
   server) i get this error:
 *     ```
       Sorry, there has been an error.
       Missing a temporary folder.
       ```
   
 * What’s this really means and how to fix it ???.
 * Thanks for any help.

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 *  Thread Starter [junihh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/junihh/)
 * (@junihh)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-4/#post-1073823)
 * Please, anyone may help me ???
 *  [freeram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeram/)
 * (@freeram)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-4/#post-1073872)
 * Your operating system?
 *  Thread Starter [junihh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/junihh/)
 * (@junihh)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-4/#post-1073880)
 * Hello freeram, thanks for your answer. I’m using Leopard 10.5.7, XAMPP for Mac
   OS X 0.7.4 and WordPress 2.7.1.
 * Still i’m getting the same error.
 *  [u6crash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/u6crash/)
 * (@u6crash)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-4/#post-1074006)
 * I’m bumping this because I’m also having this error and I have to believe that
   someone out there has figured it out.
 * My situation is slightly different as I’m running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 and have
   installed WordPress 2.9.2 on my system using XAMPP Control Panel v 0.3(19).
 * As near a I can figure from my searches, I need to set the path of a temporary
   folder on my system. I’ve put folder “wwwtmp” in /home/user/ (whereas “user” 
   is actually my login name) and have this line in my php.ini file:
    `upload_tmp_dir
   = /home/user/wwwtmp/`
 * This seems to be the popular fix and I wonder if my syntax is off or I’m doing
   something slightly wrong in naming the path. Any help would be much appreciated!
 *  [u6crash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/u6crash/)
 * (@u6crash)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-4/#post-1074007)
 * Ah. Figured out my problems. The path was wrong for starters. It should have 
   been:
    `upload_tmp_dir = /Users/user/wwwtmp/`
 * Second, I had to change the following folders to all access (everyone can read
   and write):
    wp-content wp-content/uploads wp-content/uploads/2010 wp-content/
   uploads/2010/03
 * Funny thing is, it still managed to create folders for 2008 and 2009. A smarter
   person might know how to change the permissions on all of those at once, but 
   I did it one at a time. I think the path that I changed is the new path for Snow
   Leopard versus Leopard (I’ve only recently upgraded). Anyway, I hope that this
   helps someone else out in the future!

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-4/#post-1074007)
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