so i had lost my previous installation of XAMPP (don't ask why :--)) but still have the xampp folder i was using. i was not able to export all the content so i am trying to figure out a way to retrieve my old data (webpages).
i just want to set everything up so i can see my older pages and then figure out how to export/import them into a newer version on the intended machine.
i installed the old version of XAMPP (XamppWin32_1dot7dot3) and then copied mysql folder along with the mediawiki (folder with all the content i believe).
first it gave me some error about root password but i was able to fix that (or so i think) by setting up the same password which i had previously.
now when i try to access the localhost/w, i get the below error. any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
MediaWiki internal error.
Exception caught inside exception handler