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I've installed XAMPP and checked the box to install Joomla on top of XAMPP. It worked the first day but after a shutdown and reboot the next day Joomla seems to have disappeared?

I started the XAMPP control panel (v 3.2.1) and started both Apache and MySQL before trying:

http://localhost/joomlearn (what I named the database) but then nothing!

Sorry for the rookie question, but what am I doing wrong!

Thanks

You must not add the name of the database to the url but the name of the application.

Don't know which alias bitnami gives these apps.
Try http://localhost/joomla

You must apply the name of the subfolder (which must be beyond c:/xampp/htdocs), where you installed Joomla. For example, if you installed Joomla to c:/xampp/htdocs/joomla, you have to enter http://localhost/joomla

If you installed it directly into htdocs (without subfolder), only enter http://localhost

Nobbie wrote:You must apply the name of the subfolder (which must be beyond c:/xampp/htdocs), where you installed Joomla.

Badly not. AFAIK Bitnami Apps install itself to \xampp\apps\ and will be routed by an alias.

Altrea wrote: AFAIK Bitnami Apps install itself to \xampp\apps\ and will be routed by an alias.

Oh - AFAIK Bitnami Joomla comes with a standalone fully configured Webserver environment (we had an issue here that a Bitnami Joomla collides with a Xampp installation a few weeks ago). I would not install Joomla from Bitnami.

See viewtopic.php?f=16&t=70742&p=242280#p242280

(and inside there see the error message: "Port 80 in use by ""C:\Bitnami\JOOMLA~1.0-0\apache2\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice" with PID 1908!", that is a clear hint that Bitnami already installs another Apache under Joomla!).

There is a difference between bitnami Joomla module installer (for XAMPP) (https://bitnami.com/stack/xampp#joomla ~18MB) and Bitnami Joomla installer (https://bitnami.com/stack/joomla/installer ~76MB). First one is linked on the orange XAMPP Administration page and installed like i described and second one comes with a full webserver environment.

I would not use Bitnami Joomla in ANY case...

Nor me

Thanks for the replies!

If I'm reading the replies correctly, the best course of action now is to uninstall Bitnami and then install Joomla right from Joomla.org?

Thanks.

Yes!