Okay, I've been fiddling with this for some time, including doing forum searches, both here and other sites.
I am looking to do a thumb drive install of xampp and the full perl add-on.
From my reading of the the install instructions for XAMMP I understand that I do not use the xampp_setup.bat file for a USB drive installation. However when I update my working XAMPP install (the apache 2.2.4 version) with the full perl add-on my status page reports perl as deactivated. Everything else reports as running fine. I can resolve the perl issue by running the xampp_setup.bat file, which defeats the purpose of the thumb drive installation.
I'm certain the problem lies with my understanding of paths and configuration files, which is limited to say the least. Can someone point me to a tutorial regarding portable web servers that would help a neophyte?
Thanks.