The BUG:
I installed XAMPP on this folder:
D:\Windows & Programs files\
and XAMPP simple did not work.
I dont know why I suspected that the problem might be the spaces/ampersand in the folder path.
I looked inside some conf files and I found this:
"D:\Windows D:\xampplite Programs files\xampplite\..."
WTF, I thought.
This thing replaced the ampersand for... "D:\xampplite"
I had to fix all paths on every conf file and then xampp worked fine.
As I said above, I still dont know why I had the feeling that the problem was the ampersand and/or the spaces because from a software of the fame and quality of XAMPP I would not expect such problems at all.
The Suggestion:
Please add support for symbolic links (shell links) in the public web directory.
I have all my web projects perfectly organized and I simply cannot consider moving my project's folders to the htdocs folder of xampp.
A symbolic link to my project's folders in the htdocs directory is the perfect solution.
Using hard links would work by now, but that alternative is very dangerous because if I uninstall xampp I would lose all my stuff.
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Is this the proper place to make these comments or should I e-mail the developers about this??
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