How to start Apache and MySQL automatically when Windows 8 comes up

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I am using XAMPP  version 3 2 1  I just installed it on Windows nbsp 8  Every time I need to go to the XAMPP Control Panel to start services  MySQL  Apache       in Windows nbsp 7 it started automatically when Windows came up   Is there a way I can make it auto-start in Windows nbsp 8 too

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One of the latest XAMPP releases  XAMPP for Windows v5 6 11  PHP 5 6 11  for sure  probably some earlier versions too  does not have the Control Panel with the  quot Svc quot  checkbox that allows to install Apache and MySQL as a service  Go to your XAMPP Apache directory instead  typically C  xampp apache  and run apache installservice bat as an administrator  There is also apache uninstallservice bat for uninstall  To run MySQL as a service  Do it the same way - the location is xampp mysql and batch files are  mysql installservice bat for service installation and mysql uninstallservice bat for removing the MySQL service  You can check if they were installed or not by going to services manager window  press Windows   R and type  services msc  and check if you have Apache service  I had Apache2 4  running and set to startup automatically  The MySQL service name is just  mysql

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If on your system User Control Account is Off then you can run the XAMPP as Administrator and check the boxes for run as service  And if on your system User Control Account is On then it may not work  You have go to Configuration files and manually install as a service or run apache installservice bat for Apache and mysql installservice bat for MySQL at the path   C  xampp apache C  xampp mysql   if path is the default path

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Go to the Config button  upper right  and select the Autostart for Apache       To start XAMPP at startup in Windows  paste a shortcut of the XAMPP control panel in this folder      C  Users  USERNAME  AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Startup   or     C  ProgramData Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs StartUp

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Window   R Type services msc Search for your WAMP Apache and go to property and select Auto  Restart your computer   As a service You can set this one by  Going first to your installation directory  in my case it   s c  xampplite   It could be somewhere else depending on your installation  Have also my full version in c  x2 xampp  Once your in the installation directory  find xampp-control exe and click double-click to launch it  You should first stop all running instances of your apache2 and mysqld mysql processes to do this  Click the checkmark next to Apache and MySQL with the header name service  It will warn you that it   s installing as a service which of course is what we like it to do  Click Yes  Also do step 5 with MySQL  We   re almost done  Click Start   Run Type services msc  it can also be done in the control panel under administrative tools which is a way lot of click than this one   Find the Apache 2 and MySQL services  Double click each one and set the startup type to Automatic  you will be presented with three options  Automatic  Manual  and Disabled    Automatic     will start it automatically at startup Manual     users will have to start it up manually i e  by issuing a command like net start apache2 Disabled     will disable it   Be warned though that any change in the services just like the registry can cause your system to stall  Click the start button to manually start it  just for the session though   At the next restart it   ll be automated  Do the same with MySQL  As a startup program Find xampp start exe from your installation directory  Press Ctrl   C to copy it or right-click the file and hit copy  Go to C  Documents and Settings Administrator Start Menu Programs Startup and right click on it and hit Paste Shortcut  When you restart it   ll be starting also and you   ll see something like this  You can stop it by issuing the xampp stop exe command in your installation directory  Also worth mentioning is that if you right click again on the shortcut and hit properties  try to change the run option to minimized  This way the shortcut will be on your taskbar once started

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Copy xampp start exe from your XAMPP install directory to C  Users YOUR USERNAME AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Startup   Replace YOUR USERNAME with your username

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Start the control panel using  quot Run as administrator quot   Then you can install Apache and MySQL as a service

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Apache  Run cmd as administrator Go to the Apache bin directory  for example  C  xampp apache bin Run  httpd exe -k install more information Restart the computer  or run the service manually  from services msc   MySQL  Run cmd as administrator Go to the MySQL bin directory  for example  C  xampp mysql bin Run  mysqld exe --install more information Restart the computer  or run the service manually  from services msc

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Find search for file  quot xampp-control ini quot  where you installed XAMPP server  e g   D  Server or C  xampp   Then edit in n the  Autostart  section  Apache 1 MySQL 1 FileZilla 0 Mercury 0 Tomcat 0  Where 1   true and 0   false That s so simple

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You could copy the XAMPP shortcut into  quot Local Disk C  users YourUserName AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Start-up quot     This will make the control panel start up with the computer  Then if you were to select the configuration in the top right hand corner of the control panel you can make Apache and MySQL auto start    This is a quite long-winded get around  but it works for Windows 10

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You can do it via cmd  For Apache Open cmd in administrator mode  Change directory to C  xampp apache bin  Run the command as httpd exe -k install  Your Apache server service will be installed  You can start it from services  For MySQL Change directory to C  xampp mysql bin  Run the command as mysqld --install  Your MySQL service will be installed  You can start it from services  Note  Make sure the selected Apache and MySQL services are set to start automatically  You re done  There isn t any need to launch the XAMPP control panel

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Ok  so I ve tried using the Xampp Control Panel and choosing from the Config menu to start MySQL did not work  Instead go to C  xampp mysql and run a file entitled mysql installservice and MySQL will automatically run as a Windows service

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Open  C users YourUserName AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Start-up If there is a problem finding the above directory     Press Windows   R and write shell startup  Press Enter  It will move you to the directory  Drag and drop the XAMPP control panel to the above directory It will open XAMPP automatically  If you want to auto start Apache and MySQL  click on config in XAMPP and check the Apache and XAMPP items  if unchecked  and save it  It will start it automatically

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