XAMPP FOR WINDOWS SETUP

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Contents

1) PREPARATION        

2) SETUP        

3) START APACHE        

4) START MYSQL        

5) START OTHER SERVERS (IF NEEDED)        

1) PREPARATION

1.1) xampp-win32-1.8.1-VC9.zip (downloadable from http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/1.8.1/xampp-win32-1.8.1-VC9.zip/download )

2) SETUP

2.1) Run an unzip software such as 7-zip portable (downloadable from http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/7-Zip%20Portable/7-ZipPortable_9.20_Rev_3.paf.exe/download )

2.2) Browse into the zip file until you see “xampp” folder.

2.3) click Extract and set target path as c:\

2.4) Outcome:

2.5) Browse the content of C:\xampp to find xampp-control.exe

2.6) Run xampp-control.exe

The message “Control Panel Ready” indicates that there should be no problem running the XAMPP suite.

3) START APACHE

3.1) Click the button Start for the Apache Service.

3.2) Unblock Firewall protection against Apache service.

3.3) Outcome:

3.4) Test Apache Server.

Typing http://localhost will bring you to http://localhost/xampp/splash.php 

4) START MYSQL

4.1) Click the button Start for the MySQL Service.

4.2) Unblock Firewall protection against MySQL service.

4.3) Outcome:

4.4) Test.

Typing http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ will bring you to phpmyadmin page.

5) START OTHER SERVERS (IF NEEDED)

5.1) Use FileZilla for FTP Server.

5.2) Use Mercury for Email Server.

5.3) Use Tomcat for Java Server.