I just installed XAMPP beta with PHP 5.3 on Vista, but installed it in c:\xampp\xampp instead of c:\xampp.
How can I uninstall it and reinstall in the correct directory?
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It should just be a matter of deleting the xampp directory and reinstalling.
You might need to delete any shortcuts (Start Menu, Desktop, etc) for the uninstall.
Chris
2009-07-17 01:08:34
yes it was as easy as that: had to stop apache and mysql services, then deleted most of c:\xampp, got security messages (not authorized to delete), loged off, logged on, deleted the rest under c:\xampp, reinstalled, perfect, thanks
Edward Tanguay
2009-07-17 06:04:05
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Did you try going to add/remove programs and uninstalling it? When you reinstall just remember to specify the correct folder (ie. C:/xampp). I don't know if you'll have to stop the services or not. I don't think you will, but it will probably ask you to restart when you uninstall.
shady
2009-07-17 01:10:38
nothing under add/remove programs, and that was the problem: I specified "c:\xampp" and it added its own \xampp to it by default which resulted in c:\xampp\xampp.
Edward Tanguay
2009-07-17 05:51:26
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How did you manage to uninstall xampp? I have vista computer also but there always seems to be files missing like the vbs file or that if I go to through computer>xampp and delete, I get a pop up message telling me Im not authourised, can you give me a step by step approach how to achieve uninstalling xampp please?
Denise
2010-05-30 08:22:16