Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required file

Question

When I tried to install fresh Wordpress package in the local system(Window 10), I got this error:

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required
'C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress/wp-blog-header.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\index.php on line 17

For Localhost am using XAMPP server.

Answer 1

It may be occurred due to some files are missing..

Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/directory. You may need to delete the old wp-admin and wp-include folders.

Note- Please backup files and database before doing any actions.

Answer 2

I faced the same error.
The solution is to simply extract the WordPress zip folder content into htdocs ( if you are using xampp ) or into www (if you are using wampp ).
Just do not extract it somewhere else and then into htdocs, or else it won't work.