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xampp windows
I fresh install 8.1 - was win 7
now I want to bring back my local databases but forgot to backup some...

How bring back databases - i have xampp all program files but can not run xampp in old OS win 7...?

Why don't you move the backuped xampp files from your win7 system to your new win8.1 system and start it from there?

what files to move?

The data folder under MySQL folder.

Why not the whole xampp folder?

there are not dependencies in other folders - may differ versions???

I renamed new installation folder & copied old xampp/ folder next to this but nothing... apache not startup...well?

mysql & phpmyadmin may run without apache???

exist files in /appdata/
???

lse123 wrote:there are not dependencies in other folders

No. XAMPP is pretty much movable. All needed files are commonly inside the \xampp\ folder.

lse123 wrote:apache not startup...well?

"not starting" is no quallified issue report. Did you get some error messages? log files contents? control panel contents?
You need to execute the setup_xampp.bat file if the path is different from the previous installation path. Did you do that?
starting apache_start.bat should give you some response. What response do you get?

lse123 wrote:mysql & phpmyadmin may run without apache???

MySQL can run without Apache
phpMyAdmin is a PHP application. PHP needs Apache in the XAMPP environment.

in case mysqls start how backup from CLI or mysql alone? yet to try

inside xampp/htdocs/ what files required...?

lse123 wrote:in case mysqls start how backup from CLI or mysql alone? yet to try

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=56104&p=220404#p220404

lse123 wrote:inside xampp/htdocs/ what files required...?

Why wpuld you ask that if you already have the whole \xampp\ folder?
It is different which files you would need depending on which webapplication you wrote/installed.

htdocs/ get only xampp files in my opinion - since was huge and didn't want get full of it... so go all but htdocs, created htdocs dir and copy only xampp files of my opinion...needed

lse123 wrote:htdocs/ get only xampp files in my opinion - since was huge and didn't want get full of it... so go all but htdocs, created htdocs dir and copy only xampp files of my opinion...needed

Well, at the end you will need both, the databases and the htdocs files to get your applications running.

I want run phpmyadmin so as backup db... if again Not startup ven bat file... any hint?

please note - old win 7 pro - now win 8.1 pro ...OS.

lse123 wrote:if again Not startup ven bat file... any hint?

Without any new information giving any further hints is impossible.