Re-Install not working

[Poppa]

My Dell Dimesnsion desktop malfunctioned. The recovery did not retrieve my XAMPP configuration. I have repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled and cannot recover.

At this point I have disabled everything I recognize on my windows XP task manager. After executing an XAMPP uninstall, I have an empty XAMPP folder in my C:\programs path. But when I try to delete that folder, it denies because some program is using it.

Where do I start?

Regards,

Poppa Brian

[deepsurfer]

befor you Deinstall xampp please "uninstall the xampp services" (apache and mysql) because the running services block the xampp folders.

[Poppa]

This is encouraging.

However, my XAMPP control panel is gone. Is there another way to stop the services?

Regards,
Poppa Brian

[deepsurfer]

Open a command prompt (cmd.exe)and type:

sc delete mysql
sc delete apache2

after this start the xampp-control panel

sc stands for service control and will delete any stray services that won't shut down by any normal means.


see also the thread:
http://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopi ... t=services

find with the "forum search funktion" with searchword "services" and search only in "XAMPP for Windows"

greets
deep

[Poppa]

1000 Thank You s. Plus one more.