cannot start xampp

[helpcomm]

hi,

installed xampp on win 7.

When i try to run from desktop a message says that have to do it from xampp directory. tried from dos xampp_start does not work either.

Is there any way to fix that?

Thanks

[JonB]

where did you install XAMPP?

is your Windows 32 or 64 Bit?

[helpcomm]

c:\xampp

[JonB]

Its most likely NOT a problem with your installation

The original control panel and install had some issues.

Before throwing hands in the air

Read:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=46743
DL:
http://arloh.de/xampp/xampp_control3.0.2.zip

after it is unpacked copy xammp-control3.exe to the c:\xampp folder, then start it by double-clicking.

Good Luck

[helpcomm]

hi,

now everything works fine. The only thing that changed is that i am running that file to start xampp instead of the original one.

Now i have another problem, and i am wondering if it is not related to the same issue.

I tried to install a pear package. but i have the following error:
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C:\Users\me>pear install HTML_QuickForm2-beta
downloading HTML_QuickForm2-0.6.0.tgz ...
Starting to download HTML_QuickForm2-0.6.0.tgz (156,935 bytes)
.................................done: 156,935 bytes
downloading HTML_Common2-2.0.0.tgz ...
Starting to download HTML_Common2-2.0.0.tgz (7,777 bytes)
...done: 7,777 bytes
ERROR: failed to mkdir C:\php\pear\tests\HTML_Common2
ERROR: failed to mkdir C:\php\pear\tests\HTML_QuickForm2\QuickForm2\Container
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Thanks