Portable XAMPP

[matej]

I have XAMPP on usb and I have read there http://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=35559 that I have to run "setup_xampp.bat" when my drive letter change. But I have read there http://portableapps.com/apps/development/xampp that I don't have to run it:

# Installation without the Installer (Use this for portable use)
Note: Be sure not to run xampp_setup.bat, it is used for local installs

I am using PortableApps.com XAMPP Launcher 1.3. What should I do?

[memilanuk]

Run the installer .exe file to install XAMPP on the usb drive - in my case a 250GB Seagate FreeAgent Go drive, identified by the OS as drive 'D:\'. The installer proceeded to install everything into a directory 'xampp' that it creates as part of the install - if you go with xampp-lite it will name it accordingly. After that, when you open the Portable Apps menu from the toolbar, go to 'Options' -> 'Install a New App' and direct it to where you downloaded the XAMPP-Launcher*.exe file. During the install of the XAMPP Launcher Portable App, it should automatically pick up the XAMPP install folder and everything should work auto-magically from there. It works with both XAMPP and XAMPP-Lite for me (installed lite, then decided I wanted the full-meal-deal version and deleted lite and installed the full version); the sole caveat being that the XAMPP installer automatically ran the setup*.bat file - if there was an option to tell it 'No' I must have missed it.

That about covers my experience with XAMPP thus far

HTH,

Monte