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Hi everyone,

I'm new using XAMPP in Windows and I'd like to know how is XAMPP supposed to be managed from CLI, I've seen some .bat scripts in C:\XAMPP\ folder but I think there should be a service, however I can't see anyone when I look in Get-Services output, should I create it manually?

Thank you all.

Hi,

XAMPP tries to install as lightweight as possible, so it tries to avoid needing PATH variables, registry keys, etc.

To accomplish this there are multiple ways to control the xampp components.
At first there is the xampp control panel, a small Delphi written application to start and stop the components and access log files and helper applications.

If you prefer to use the xampp components from the command line that is where the bat scripts are taking action.

You can also use windows services if you want to. The xampp control panel (if started with enhanced administrator rights) will help you to easily register and unregister them.