Title: Uploading Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Uploading Error

 *  [321309-1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/321309-1/)
 * (@321309-1)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-error-4/)
 * When trying to upload a word document, I get this error:
 * Unable to create directory D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\www.iabc.com\www\chapters\us_4\
   iowa-wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/05. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
 * Help!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-error-4/#post-1081851)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 * Change the permissions on wp-content to 766. If that doesn’t solve the problem,
   try 767 or, as a last resort, 777.
 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-error-4/#post-1081972)
 * Hi,
 * Assign 766 recursive permissions to the wp-contents/uploads folder..once you 
   grant it..your issue should be resolved positively..
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  [haritvmala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haritvmala/)
 * (@haritvmala)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-error-4/#post-1082300)
 * The uploaded file could not be moved to /www/freewebhostx.com**/h/a/r/**haritvmala/
   htdocs/thiruvilwamala/home/wordpress/wp-content/uploads.
 * This is my example, here the message shows a directory which is incorrect. For
   all those who were having this problem have the same error of wrong directory.
   ie., the area in bold are first three letters of the parent directory. For example
   here the actual directory url should be **haritvmala.freewebhostx.com/thiruvilwamala/
   home/wordpress/wp-content/uploads**
    but not **/www/freewebhostx.com/h/a/r/haritvmala/
   htdocs/thiruvilwamala/home/wordpress/wp-content/uploads** as it is being shown
   in the error message
 * COULD ANYONE HELP PLEASE…

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 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [haritvmala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haritvmala/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-error-4/#post-1082300)
 * Status: not resolved

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