IIS6 and WordPress installation problem

  • Hello,
    after many discussion boards i hope anyone can help me here.
    I have an Windows Virtual Server 2003 with IIS6 (Apache from Windows)..
    My problem:
    I displayed the WordPress folder in my httpdocs folder.
    After opening the https://www.domain.com/wordpress i clicked on the button to create the wp-config.php. On the next page i insert my database, name and so on and after a click on submite the system threw me back to the first page were i must click on the button to create the wp-config.php.
    If I configurate it manually it also not working.

    Sry for my english.
    Thx

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    see if this codex helps: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress#Easy_5_Minute_WordPress_Installation_on_Windows

    Thread Starter xmimox

    (@xmimox)

    hi t-p,
    same error ??

    That sounds like you haven’t made the wordpress root folder writable to IIS.
    You need to give write permission to user IUSR.

    Point to your wordpress root folder (probably under C:\inetpub\wwwroot\).
    Right click, select Properties, select Security tab, click the Edit… button. If IUSR is not in the top list, click Add… and add it. then give it full control.

    Now go back and try the wordpress install again. This time it should work great.

    ——

    ooops, just noticed you said IIS6. I’m pretty sure this solution will work with IIS6, but there might be a slight difference along the way. Like maybe the IIS user will have a different name. Google or Bing for the differences between IIS6 and IIS7.x

    Thread Starter xmimox

    (@xmimox)

    hi thanks for your anwser.
    i switched to a managed server and i haven’t got any problems no longer ??

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