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#First

First check the master question and see if it solves your problem. What is the master question? Near the top of your question there will be what we call a "banner" pointing the the master question.

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After looking over the answers to the master question, see if they solve your problem. If so great! Your question will now help point others to the correct answer.

#If not...

If the answers to the master question don't solve your problem, you'll need to get it re-opened. First, flag it for re-opening, explaining why your question isn't a duplicate. It also helps to edit your question to include why the master question doesn't solve your problem.

Last but not least, ask a question about it here on meta! It is perfectly acceptable to post a question here asking for your question to be re-opened. This is ususally the quickest way of getting it done, as users with 3,000 or more reputation can vote-to-reopen your question. It takes 5 votes to re-open a question, but moderators can always close and re-open a question on their own.

Once you have 250 reputation, you can view the amount of close or re-open votes your question has.

Seth
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