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Instructions For Setting Up XAMPP On A Windows PC: Part I - Installing XAMPP

This document provides instructions for setting up XAMPP on a Windows PC in 3 parts: 1. Installing XAMPP by downloading the installer, running it with default installation location, and declining to start the control panel. 2. Running XAMPP by opening the control panel shortcut and starting the Apache and MySQL services. 3. Checking the installation works by opening the URL http://localhost in a browser and ensuring the expected page is displayed.

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Instructions For Setting Up XAMPP On A Windows PC: Part I - Installing XAMPP

This document provides instructions for setting up XAMPP on a Windows PC in 3 parts: 1. Installing XAMPP by downloading the installer, running it with default installation location, and declining to start the control panel. 2. Running XAMPP by opening the control panel shortcut and starting the Apache and MySQL services. 3. Checking the installation works by opening the URL http://localhost in a browser and ensuring the expected page is displayed.

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Instructions for setting up XAMPP on a Windows PC

These instructions are for a Windows 7 computer. The process is very similar in Windows XP, Windows
Vista, and Windows 8.

Part I Installing XAMPP
1. Download XAMPP for windows.
a. Visit this URL - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
b. Scroll down the page and download the installer (as pictured below)





2. After xampp-win32-1.8.1-VC9-installer.exe has been downloaded, run it.


3. Screen shots follow. Click OK and next to proceed through this installation. The most important
thing is where XAMPP gets installed. Any future documentation will assume that you chose the
default installation location c:\XAMPP. Click Finish at the end.





4. After you click Finish you will be asked if you want to start the XAMPP control panel. Click
No. We will start the control panel using the shortcut that was placed on your desktop.



Part II Running XAMPP
Youve installed XAMPP. Now you have an icon for the XAMPP control center on your desktop.

1. Double click on it!

2. Using the XAMPP Control Panel, start the Apache Web Service on your computer.



3. Using the XAMPP Control Panel, start the MySQL Database Service on your computer.



Part III Checking your work
You now have Apache and MySQL running on your computer. You are ready to move on to the next set
of instructions. Using Notepad++ on a PC to create a PHP file.

But, before you do, you should check and make sure XAMPP is running OK. To do that, open up a
browser and go to the following URL:

http://localhost

You should see a web page like this:

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