I have a fresh install of xampp using xampp-win32-7.0.9-1-VC14-installer.exe
I adjusted the apache port to use 8088
I wanted to try the bitnami drupal installer to see what it was like. It seemed to make it through the install with one very generic error message.
Then I try to launch drupal at http://127.0.0.1:8088/drupal/ and get this error:
PDOException: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'bitnami_drupal7.semaphore' doesn't exist: SELECT expire, value FROM {semaphore} WHERE name = :name; Array ( [:name] => variable_init ) in lock_may_be_available() (line 167 of D:\xampp\apps\drupal\htdocs\includes\lock.inc).
I've installed drupal many times on shared hosting type providers, and this is not an error I'm used to seeing. Any suggestions?
If it gets complicated I'll try installing drupal manually. Just wanted to see what the installers were like. It may be that the port change has created an issue?