I downloaded the 7zip version and extracted all the files and folders from the archived
xampp folder into
G:\xampp175 so I could add this new version to all the other XAMPP versions I have available using this method.
After extracting the
xampp folder to your desired location please do read the
readme_en.txt file as it does contain all the included component version numbers and a few changes including a much improved translation.
I then ran the
G:\xampp175\setup_xampp.bat file to have it automatically set all the required paths correctly.
Following running the bat file I then ran
xampp-control-3-beta.exe, my preferred and superior XAMPP Control Panel, to allow me to start the Apache and MySQL components with no issues presented at this stage.
My next step was to go to
http://localhost and after selecting my preferred language I exercised all the menu items presented in the XAMPP Welcome page.
There appeared to be no issues at this stage and so I assume that my 1.7.5 installation was successful.
I will, over the next few weeks, extensively test this version and will try and report any issues I may find here in this topic, much like I did with 1.7.4.
It is now imperative when asking for support that you specify the XAMPP version and the Windows operating system where you installed XAMPP as this version 1.7.5 has been compiled using VC9 as opposed to VC6 of all previous version, it is still compiled using thread safe (TS).Good luck.