How do you set up Joomla! on Win XP for local testing?

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There are multiple methods available for creating a local development and testing environment for Joomla! on Win XP including:

XAMPP

  1. Download latest version of Xampp for windows from Apache Friends.
  2. Create an xampp directory at the root of C:\
  3. Extract downloaded xampp zip file into newly created xampp directory
  4. Locate extracted file xampp-control within the xampp directory and double click to execute xampp control panel.
  5. Select services that you would like to start
  6. Click Start

Xampp Control Panel View

  1. Click on Apache Admin button to view local web server main page

**Apply Xampp Post Installation Security Settings Utilizing the Security Option on the Left Menu.** Xampp after successful local Installation

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