Automatic restart without permission

[GTGeek88]

Really? The XAMPP for Windows installation program restarts the user's computer without warning or permission? Just gotta say how lame that is.

[Altrea]

AFAIK it is not the XAMPP installation itself but its requirement for Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Runtime that fires the restart.

[Nobbie]

Lame Users using lame Windows.

[GTGeek88]

AFAIK it is not the XAMPP installation itself but its requirement for Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Runtime that fires the restart.

Perhaps so, though there may be a way to control it. Doesn't matter, though. MS or anybody writing an install with a no-warning, no-choice reboot has written crap.

[GTGeek88]

Lame Users using lame Windows.

Really? So you attack me because I'm unhappy with an install that reboots without warning (when there are often command line switches to control the installation, if it was the C++ redistributables as Altrea suggests)? Maybe it was MS or maybe it was Linux programmers who didn't bother looking into switch possibilities to prevent this. However, your attack just shows how lame you are. And, if you hadn't noticed, Windows dominates the market and perhaps you can live your little Linux life and avoid it, but that's not reality for most folks. The Linux world is fragmented, the product is harder to use, and still expects a level of knowledge most end users just don't have, so maybe get off your high horse? Every time I take a foray into Linux, I find arrogance like yours. It gets real tiring real fast.

[Nobbie]

So you attack me because I'm unhappy

No, because you used "lame" without any needs. Why so aggressive?

If anything is arrogant, it's someone who is new to a forum, hasn't written a single post, let alone a helpful or meaningful post, and the very first thing he does is claim some garbage without thinking and without first considering whether his wild claim is even true.

Do you really think that helps anyone here with anything? What do you want to prove to whom with your ridiculous performance?

And no, Linux is not at all more difficult to use than Windows, you are just not used to anything else. I know computer beginners(!), I have installed Linux on their notebook, they get along with it from the beginning without any problems.

Just as easy as the whole of humanity gets along with Android without ever having seen it before. And not only Android is based on Linux, even the oh so praised OSX from Apple is based on Linux and no one would ever come up with the idea and claim that it would be "difficult" to use. That would be blasphemy.

P.S.: My Linux Mint installation NEVER EVER reboots without asking me, like your beloved Windows does. Anyway, its not a Xampp issue, its a Microsoft issue (your beloved Microsoft). Actually, i have a Windows Test installation in a VirtualBox, that didnt reboot after Xampps installation. Seems to depend on whatever. But not on the Xampp installer. Neither my Linux asks for a reboot after Xampps installation. It runs out of the box.

Last not least - its only a reboot. A simple, little reboot. Windows does so many reboots, its only one more. What's wrong with you, performing like this over a simple reboot? How many software forums have you bothered (besides this one) with your tantrums over a simple Windows reboot?

[Froosh]

So, my current systems is Windows, and I did not experience any automatic reboot. In fact, I have not experienced any form of automatic reboot in some time. And, as Nobbie points out, if it happens, it is really just a reboot. Perhaps there is some complication associated with that? I'd be more bothered by that aspect, as I have a tendency to want to shutdown a system that is usually idle when I sleep. But, that is just me, and you likely have a reason. Linux, Windows, MacOS, whatever. None are perfect, and most certainly neither are any of us.

I use Windows 11 Pro, but don't think that is too different from Windows 10, other than in appearance. Sure, there are some underlying system changes, but I can't imagine those coming into play here. Seems like you are just looking to bash. The reboot is done, perhaps that was frustrating, but it is not the end of the world. Move on to whatever purpose you had for using XAMPP, and have fun.

[GTGeek88]

Aggressive? I didn't call you lame, did I? I didn't attack you, did I? I just said it was lame that an installer does a reboot without asking. You started the attacks. Needs? It's clear as day that my need is an installer that doesn't reboot without permission. And a reboot without a warning can cause problems, despite your claims of "just a little reboot." Basically, you're a quite typical Linux person who can't deal with anyone thinking Linux and the open source community is not perfect. About all I ever find is folks who are aggressive against people using Windows, as you proved.

[GTGeek88]

So, my current systems is Windows...

Glad you didn't. I just don't have patience when stuff like that happens. I haven't run into that in years.

[Froosh]

You don't have patience to accept a simple restart after installing an application you paid how much for? Oh, that's right nothing. You can be bothered by it if you want. But I suggest moving on to work on the real purpose you had in installing XAMPP. Besides you probably have spent way more time venting than the restart cost in complaining about it.