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tains all included components. In addition, the parameters in the respective
configuration files will be accordingly adapted to the conditions
of your system. No entries will be made to the registry and no
system variables will be set. Thus, to uninstall the program, you just
need to delete the directory in which the software is stored.
In order to start XAMPP, run the file xampp_start.exe in the directory
xampp or select XAMPP BASIC START in the Start Menu under
PROGRAMS � APACHEFRIENDS � XAMPP. Open a browser and enter
the URL http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost. This is always the local
address of the test system. You should now see the start page of
the XAMPP environment (see Fig. 2.2). As you have surely noticed,
the DOS window that starts the XAMPP environment remains open.
A few of the required programs run here. In order to close the test
environment, however, we do not recommend simply closing the
window, since some of the services running are independent of the
window and will continue to run after you have closed it. For
“clean” closure, it is thus advisable to run the file xampp_stop.exe in
the same directory.
Fig. 2.1
2.1 A Test Environment with XAMPP �
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Starting XAMPP