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#17071 Could not open C:/xampp/htdocs/administrator/sitename:80/index.php for writing.

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 13 August 2013 09:29 CDT

Tuesday, 13 August 2013 08:52 CDT

user34608
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: 3.0
PHP version: 5.4.15
MySQL version: 5.5.32
Host: localhost XAMPP 1.8.2
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: Current version as May 05, 2013.
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: Pro 3.7.0

Description of my issue:
Could not open C:/xampp/htdocs/administrator/.halogensys.com:80/index.php for writing.
I receive this error during Kickstart extraction.
I added "Everyone" as a user for the htdocs folder with full permission but still receive this error.

Tuesday, 13 August 2013 09:29 CDT

nicholas
You have a file with an invalid character (the colon : is an invalid character on Windows). You can extract the backup archive using Akeeba eXtract Wizard, making sure that the "Ignore most erros" option is checked.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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