#XAMPP INSTALL ON D DRIVE INSTALL#
#XAMPP INSTALL ON D DRIVE WINDOWS 10#

#XAMPP INSTALL ON D DRIVE INSTALL#

When I used XAMPP Control Panel, it was still starting the C:/XAMPP install and not the one on OneDrive.

I post this only to point out an error in the above and avoid anyone else wasting their time.

#XAMPP INSTALL ON D DRIVE WINDOWS 10#

February 2017 12:30 XAMPP version: for Win 5.6.28 Operating System: Windows 10 Pro Type localhost in the browser and there is the dashboard as you'd expect.īefore I now setup vhosts following what I learned before adapted for the new folder, is there anything I missed? Is there a fundamental reason why this approach won't work and is a stupid thing to try - or should it be OK as long as I get paths right.Īgain, I don't expect this to substitute for proper backups or to be able to use the copy saved in the cloud as a webserver (I have one of those for Live) but just as a belt/braces in case the cat tapdances format c: on my keyboard. Fire up XAMPPP (as administrator as usual), start Apache and MySQL in XAMPP panel, no issues. Uninstalled XAMPP entirely then fresh download/install into c:/users/myname/onedrive/xampp and in simple terms although it's not in the default root of C: it seems to work. I wondered what would happen if I installed XAMPP in a folder within my locally sync'ed OneDrive folder? (Note, this is not intended as a sharing thing or for use between 2 PCs as in this thread ). But is there a day-to-day regular way to have some backup on my dev? Using Windows 10 File History doesn't cover where XAMPP default is, backing up the whole PC is a bit overkill just to get XAMPP and my dev sites backed up (yes, I do have PC backup overall but that's a different question).Īnd for my Joomla site overall, I can use AKB locally for the dev sites (live sites already have backup routine).

Copying the vhosts folder is only a partial solution (doesn't backup the joomla database). I then started to think about backups in general. Hi, thanks to Altrea's help on vhosts ( ) (and also Akeeba's support on their Backup system), I have now managed to move my testing stuff from one PC to another on my local network and also setup vhosts for multiple sites.

Xampp install on d drive