May 25
Create a directory on your USB drive called /xampplite/ and uninstall the ZIP package into it. You should end up having D:/xampplite/apache/, D:/xampplite/cgi-bin/, etc.. it HAS to be in this structure for it to work out of the box, and to remain portable.
Done.
Seriously.
Open up the XAMPP control center (xampp-control.exe) and activate your services.
Here's step-by-step screenshots if you need them:
Running an XAMPP (Apache, Mysql, PHP, etc) server off your USB thumb drive
So I figured i'd look into this today, so I can have a mobile dev server for work. I've always heard it was easy but had absolutely no idea just how easy it is. I'm kicking myself for not doing it sooner now!
It's so simple, I won't even call this a tutorial. It's effectively a few instructions and some screenshots displaying the ease..
First you need to go download XAMPP Lite, from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#646
»XAMPP Lite« is an additional extra small XAMPP edition. It's the successor of the old MiniXAMPP. But in contrast to the big XAMPP it's not updated really often.
XAMPP Lite
Create a directory on your USB drive called /xampplite/ and uninstall the ZIP package into it. You should end up having D:/xampplite/apache/, D:/xampplite/cgi-bin/, etc.. it HAS to be in this structure for it to work out of the box, and to remain portable.
Done.
Seriously.
Open up the XAMPP control center (xampp-control.exe) and activate your services.
Here's step-by-step screenshots if you need them:
