Before you begin, you must have done the following:
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* Installed and configured XAMPP following the instructions give in either:\\
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           [Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.1.|Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.1] or [Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.2.|Install and configure XAMPP 1.7.2]\\
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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* to one of your choosing.  Replacing *c:/var/www/html* with a directory path of your choosing.\\
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Edit c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf and change:\\
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     From:\\
           *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 and restart apache\\
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