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I've a newbie to Xampp, and was really pleased when I got it working on a USB stick.
I used xampp lite, downloaded it onto my PC and then installed it on the root of my USB.
It worked a treat until i moved computers: i am getting this error:

Server error!

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 500

127.0.0.1
03/01/12 20:34:55
Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e


The error log reads:
[Thu Mar 01 20:34:20 2012] [alert] [client 127.0.0.1] E:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess: Invalid file path G:\\xampp\\security\\xampp.users
[Thu Mar 01 20:34:55 2012] [alert] [client 127.0.0.1] E:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess: Invalid file path G:\\xampp\\security\\xampp.users


Looking at the internet, the install is meant to give you the option of making the installation independent of drive letter: have I missed a step somewhere?

Is there an easy fix, or do I have to start all over again?

Hope someone can help.
Chris

At the install, instead of using the installer use the zip file.

Extract to the root of the USB drive - just like it says on the instructions