Apache Friends Support Forum

Can windows 10 (64-bit) handle multiple installs of XAMPP? I'm not talking about multiple virtual installs (wordpress sites), but am talking about fresh, independent installs of XAMPP, as in C:\xampp\ and c:\xampp2\.

(I'm fighting a failed MySQL in XAMPP control Panel v3.2.4. It returns:
8:50:47 AM [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
8:50:47 AM [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
8:50:47 AM [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
8:50:47 AM [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
8:50:47 AM [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
8:50:47 AM [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
8:50:47 AM [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this
8:50:47 AM [mysql] entire log window on the forums

beltran/apachefriends has been very kind and helpful in helping, but I thought I'd also bounce this idea off the community.
Thanks in advance.

Yes. But i would recommend using the .zip or .7z version instead of the installer.

- unzip the zip packages to your harddisk ( e.g.: C:\xampp-7.4.27\ , C:\xampp-8.0.15\, C:\xampp-8.1.2\ )
- execute in each of the xampp folders the script setup_xampp.bat to set the paths in the configs correctly
- now you are good to go.

limitations:
- by default the XAMPP components are using the same default ports. Means you can only start one XAMPP version at the time
- you should avoid using Windows services to start the components because XAMPP uses the same default service names for all components
- each xampp version does have it's own xampp control panel

Thanks! Very much appreciated!!!