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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Change XAMPP's DocumentRoot

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* Installed and configured XAMPP following the instructions
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           [Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.1.|Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.1]
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 [Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.2.|Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.2]\\
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* linkd.exe has been installed on your workstation.  If you haven't already done so, you can [download linkd.exe|Use SymLinks with XAMPP^linkd.exe] now.\\
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* This is an example of how the change apache's default *DocumentRoot* to a user defined *DocumentRoot*.  This example will demonstrate how to change the default *DocumentRoot* to a user defined *DocumentRoot* of *c:/var/www/html*.\\
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Follow this example to change the *DocumentRoot*, replacing *c:/var/www/html* with a directory path of your choosing.\\
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Using *Windows Explorer*, create the
Basic Package (do not use the Lite version)
 directories for *c:\var\www\html*.\\
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Edit *c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf* and change:\\
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           *DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"*\\
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           *DocumentRoot "C:/var/www/html"*\\
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and change:\\
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     From:\\
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">*\\
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To:\\
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *<Directory "C:/var/www/html">*\\
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Save the changes.\\
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Create the following SymLinks in the *c:\var\www\html directory*.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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This can be done by opening a CMD window, changing the
*exe* self-extracting RAR archive (I used xampp-win32-1.7.1-installer.exe). You can view all version of XAMPP which are available for download at [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/|http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/], or Download [Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.1^xampp-win32-1.7.1-installer.exe] directly from this page. \\ {panel}
working direcory to  *c:\var\www\html*, and executing the following command lines:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *linkd xampp c:\xampp\htdocs\xampp*\\
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *linkd phpMyAdmin c:\xampp\phpMyAdmin*\\
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and if you have *drupal* installed, create the addition link:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *linkd drupal c:\drupal-6.13*\\
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adjusting the drupal version number as needed.\\
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*Restart apache*, open a web browser and go to the following URL’s:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [*http://localhost/xampp* | http://localhost/xampp] \\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [*http://localhost/phpMyAdmin* | http://localhost/phpMyAdmin] \\
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and if drupal is installed\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [*http://localhost/drupal* | http://localhost/drupal] \\
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* What to do when you encounter the following error during item 4 (Verify the installation) above:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; !badSymLink.jpg! \\
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The above error indicates the *installed version of XAMPP does not support SymLinks*.\\
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To reconfigure XAMPP do the following:\\
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* Remove the SymLinks that were created in 3. above..&nbsp;&nbsp;This can be done by opening a CMD window, changing the working direcory to  *c:\var\www\html*, and executing the following command lines:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *linkd xampp /D*\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *linkd phpMyAdmin /D*\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp; and if you have *drupal* installed, remove the addition link:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *linkd drupal /D*\\
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* Open *Windows Explorer* and do the following:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *copy the xampp directory from the c:\xampp\htdocs directory to the c:\var\www\html directory*.\\
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *copy the phpMyAdmin directory from the c:\xampp directory to the c:\var\www\html directory*.\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp; and if you have *drupal* installed:\\
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *copy the drupal-6.13 directory for c:\ to the c:\var\www\html directory and rename the newly created drupal-6.13 directory to drupal*.\\