Title: [Plugin: WP e-Commerce] Errors immediatley after activating plugin.
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP e-Commerce] Errors immediatley after activating plugin.

 *  [wordtoyomutah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordtoyomutah/)
 * (@wordtoyomutah)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-errors-immediatley-after-activating-plugin/)
 * Ive trouble shot it by deactivating all my plugins and using the default theme.
   No luck. Below is the errors I get.
 * Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/var/chroot/home/content/
   47/5949347/tmp/sess_6btne8ok14obvaq4m00lg1c284, O_RDWR) failed: No such file 
   or directory (2) in /home/content/47/5949347/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/
   wpsc-core/wpsc-constants.php on line 17
 * Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache 
   limiter – headers already sent (output started at /home/content/47/5949347/html/
   wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/wpsc-core/wpsc-constants.php:17) in /home/content/
   47/5949347/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/wpsc-core/wpsc-constants.php
   on line 17
    Warning: Unknown: open(/var/chroot/home/content/47/5949347/tmp/sess_6btne8ok14obvaq4m00lg1c284,
   O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0
 * Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the
   current setting of session.save_path is correct () in Unknown on line 0
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/)

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 *  [dcutri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcutri/)
 * (@dcutri)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-errors-immediatley-after-activating-plugin/page/3/#post-2279838)
 * ChristianAVS: Thanks, man! Worked like a charm. I have one question, though. 
   What permissions should be set on both the .ini file and the /tmp folder?
 *  [coburncr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coburncr/)
 * (@coburncr)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-errors-immediatley-after-activating-plugin/page/3/#post-2279878)
 * Creating the .php5.ini file worked like a charm on GoDaddy host, but created 
   a new issue. The dashboard pages were the white screen of death. Only when the
   wp e-commerce plugin is disabled could I access the dashboard. BUT…when I raised
   the memory limit in the php.ini file- problem solved. Just in case any others
   are in the same boat.
 *  [RhondaRhocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhondarhocks/)
 * (@rhondarhocks)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-errors-immediatley-after-activating-plugin/page/3/#post-2279884)
 * Error message that install failed: “file already exists
    /data/15/2/87/123/2739612/
   user/3010975/htdocs/wordpress1/wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/”
 * All the files were visible at Network solutions but at htdocs/wordpress1/wp-content/
   plugins/wp-e-commerce/ but nothing was visible in dashboard: plugins.
 * After much research deleted plugin file from NetSol file directory and installed
   cart66 as recommended by other frustrated wp-commerce users.
 * In a 100th of the time I spent researching the problem with above error message,
   I was instantly able to download and activate and begin using Cart66. Thanks 
   CyFree

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-errors-immediatley-after-activating-plugin/page/3/#post-2279884)
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