: You may need to manually install the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable (x86) for the VC9 components to function.
Click the Start buttons next to Apache and MySQL . The labels should turn green, indicating they are running. xampp-win32-1.8.2-6-vc9-installer.exe
If you are installing this package on a modern machine (Windows 10 or 11) for testing purposes, follow these best practices : Download xampp-win32-1.8.2-6-VC9-installer.exe (XAMPP) : You may need to manually install the
After extraction, the installer will ask if you want to start the XAMPP Control Panel. Check "Yes". xampp-win32-1.8.2-6-vc9-installer.exe
MySQL root password mismatch. Fix: By default, XAMPP 1.8.2 has no root password . Open config.inc.php in phpMyAdmin and set $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';