Joomla - Warning! Failed to move file error

Question

Hi Guys,

I have found some solutions to this error and tried implementing them but none of which has worked and hope that some here at SO might have a different answer.

I get this error, "Warning! Failed to move file" when I try install modules into my new installation of Joomla here:

http://sun-eng.sixfoot.co.za

Here's some solutions I have tried to no avail:

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=199&t=223206

http://www.saibharadwaj.com/blog/2008/03/warning-failed-to-move-file-joomla-10x-joomla-15x/

Anyone know of another solution to this please?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Go to Help -> System Info in your administrator backend and check your Directory Permissions tab to make sure everything is writable.

Also make sure your Path to Temp Folder is correct in Site -> Global Configuration.

Finally, check to make sure that the module isn't already installed. It's possible that some files already got copied or something and now your system is having problems overwriting them.

If none of this works, let us know if the error message specifies which file can't be moved. That would help figure out a solution.

Answer 2

I have had a similar issue today and found is was the permissions set on the 'temp folder'. To resolve I changed them to 777 and my plugin installs worked fine!!