Title: Problems Re-installing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problems Re-installing

 *  [jmbice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmbice/)
 * (@jmbice)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-re-installing/)
 * I’ve working with WordPress and MAMP on my computer locally for about a month.
   I was trying to export the database when something went wrong and I could no 
   longer view my wordpress locally (localhost:8888). Long story short:
 * I’ve completely erased wordpress and MAMP from my computer. I reinstalled both,
   but when I run the “wp-admin/install.php” install like before, I get a very very
   long error message (here is just a segment of it):
 * WordPress database error: [Table ‘`wordpress`.`wp_users`‘ already exists]
    CREATE
   TABLE wp_users ( ID bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, user_login varchar(
   60) NOT NULL default ”, user_pass varchar(64) NOT NULL default ”, user_nicename
   varchar(50) NOT NULL default ”, user_email varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, user_url
   varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, user_registered datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-
   00-00 00:00:00’, user_activation_key varchar(60) NOT NULL default ”, user_status
   int(11) NOT NULL default ‘0’, display_name varchar(250) NOT NULL default ”, PRIMARY
   KEY (ID), KEY user_login_key (user_login), KEY user_nicename (user_nicename) )
   DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
 * **Since the table tells me everything already exists….how do I erase the original
   tables so I can load cleanly?**

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 *  [netflow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netflow/)
 * (@netflow)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-re-installing/#post-2560174)
 * Same bloody problem here.. I’ve dropped the table manually, cleaned it out of
   mysql, recreated it, granted privileges again, ran a fresh install using that
   DB name and I get this god damn error every time. I could easily just make a 
   new DB but that isn’t the point, why the hell are these errors popping up in 
   the first place when the database is completely empty upon hitting the install
   button?
 *  [pmedina1186](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmedina1186/)
 * (@pmedina1186)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-re-installing/#post-2560272)
 * I’m having the same problem. I initially tried reinstalling because there was
   a password issue. So I attempted to reinstall WordPress. But now I’m seeing what
   lengths jmbice went through so I don’t know what to do. I’ve looked elsewhere
   on the net and found no solution. I’m trying to earnestly learn how to use WordPress
   and now I can’t even install it. Is there any other way to install WordPress 
   so that it runs?

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 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [pmedina1186](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmedina1186/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-re-installing/#post-2560272)
 * Status: not resolved

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