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Kalanka
Kalanka

Reputation: 1049

Xampp control panel is not showing

My Xampp control panel is not showing in the desktop (Windows 10), but can only up the servers through the shortcut (minimized option in the task bar).

As follows:

xampp control panel in taskbar

I have close the application without stopping the servers, will that be the case of this matter?

Upvotes: 36

Views: 101629

Answers (30)

Papi314
Papi314

Reputation: 43

Had the same problem of having the Control Panel hiding in the [Hidden Icons] in my Windows 10 PC. It didn't happen all the time. Once awhile, you might even get multiple XAMPP in the taskbar if you tried to open another XAMPP panel but none of them would open up.

Here is my simple solution.

  1. Do whatever to stop and close the XAMPP that are hiding and running (in taskbar)
  2. Go to c:\xampp (where the application was installed).
  3. Delete two files: xampp-control.ini and xampp-control.log
  4. Restart the XAMPP, which would ask to set the language.
  5. That's it!

Seem to me the problem is due to an old version of xampp-control.ini stuck in the folder.

(XAMPP Version 8.1.6, Control Panel v3.3.0)

Upvotes: 1

Mudith Perera
Mudith Perera

Reputation: 21

There is a very easy way in windows 10. check this out!

  1. Open "Windows Task Manager"
  2. Go to "Processes" tab
  3. Expand the "xampp-control.exe"
  4. Right Click on Expanded "XAMPP Control Panel"
  5. Select "Maximize"

Then you'll get Xampp Control Panel.

Note - The 5th step will only shown if the app is hidden. Works same in the Xampp.

Upvotes: 2

Ramazan Alkan
Ramazan Alkan

Reputation: 1874

Here it's the easiest solution.

  1. Right-click xampp.exe and go to xampp folder

  2. Find and delete the following files xampp-control.ini - xampp-control.log

  3. Restart xampp

Upvotes: 163

Ammar Ismaeel
Ammar Ismaeel

Reputation: 803

Sometimes if you install xampp not in the c drive, this happens

Upvotes: 0

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193198

In my localhost, double clicking xampp-control.exe have no effect.

But when I use the clip and issue the command:

C:\Users\username>C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe

xampp-control services seems to get started as observed from the hidden icon tray.

xampp-control

But the process isn't observed either through Task Manager's Processes or Services tab,

But, second time issuing the same command through clip, the XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.4 shows up just perfect.

xampp-control_displayed

Upvotes: 0

geckoflume
geckoflume

Reputation: 425

In my case, the XAMPP window was just outside of my screen. I just had to select it in the taskbar, press Alt+Space, Move and bring back the window using the arrow keys

Upvotes: 6

Khero
Khero

Reputation: 11

Easiest solution I found was:

  1. Click on task view.
  2. Click on minimized window of the control panel.
  3. Just resize like any other window.

Deleting the log and config file doesn't work for me. So this could be an alternative.

Upvotes: 1

ghstrydr
ghstrydr

Reputation: 21

This doesn't involve modifying, uninstalling, editing, or anything overtly complicated, just hovering:

  1. Start XAMPP.
  2. Hover mouse over XAMPP Window Tab until Window preview pane pops up over the tab.
  3. Right Click over preview pane and click maximize.
  4. Drag down from the sides to resize. Clicking the minimize tab will cause the window to disappear, and you will have to repeat the first three steps. Drag down from the top to pop the window out of maximized size.

Upvotes: 2

George Njue
George Njue

Reputation: 37

Go to your XAMPP might be in the C folder or D depending on the installation, installation folder. At the bottom find xampp-control.exe file. Right click on that file and select "Pin To Start"

Upvotes: 1

Mayur Deore
Mayur Deore

Reputation: 111

Below steps works for me.

1) Open XAMPP, from taskbar right click on popup shown on mouse over of the XAMPP icon.

2) Select maximize, it will show XAMPP control panel in maximize mode.

3) Select topbar of the XAMPP and drag it down it will reset the size and that's it.

Now next time, when you open XAMPP it will show on the same location where you closed XAMPP previously.

Upvotes: 2

user12270723
user12270723

Reputation: 11

i have the same problem but the solution is quite simple that worked perfectly for me you must have the xampp directory inside the C: drive or wherever your installation location is
1: open up xampp folder from C: 2:scroll all the way down you will see xampp-control 3:Right click and Pin to start

Upvotes: 1

Kisekka Abas
Kisekka Abas

Reputation: 11

Go to the directory where xampp is installed for example if it's installed on drive C:// go C:\xampp folder and look for xampp-control.exe. right click and pin it to start or send it to desktop

Upvotes: 1

anand verma
anand verma

Reputation: 11

Go to xampp directory and right click on xampp-control.exe than click on pin to start. it will appear in start bar you can pin it into task bar also

Upvotes: 1

PHPer
PHPer

Reputation: 674

Simply bring up the task manager, go to Xampp and "bring to front"

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Upvotes: 0

VenkatKasthala
VenkatKasthala

Reputation: 61

Clicking on xampp-control file in xampp folder (in my case it's in C:/xampp folder) will open XAMPP control panel.

Upvotes: 5

Yoron Lin
Yoron Lin

Reputation: 1

Uncheck "Start Control Panel Minimized" in the configuration

Upvotes: 0

Musadiq
Musadiq

Reputation: 25

Bonjour

  1. Go to xampp Directory.
  2. Delete the xampp-control.ini file
  3. Restart your xampp and it will work.

Merci!!

Upvotes: 0

Juan Carlos Ibarra
Juan Carlos Ibarra

Reputation: 1409

  1. Close Xampp process.
  2. Go and open C://xampp/xampp-control.ini

  3. Change these properties from x-number to 0

    enter image description here

  4. Restart Xampp.

This worked for me.

Upvotes: 46

Alireza Sedghi
Alireza Sedghi

Reputation: 31

  1. Quit Xampp
  2. Open Xampp installation folder
  3. Open xampp-control.ini with an editor
  4. Find [WindowSettings]
  5. Set all filed of WindowSettings ( Left, Top, Width, Height ) to ' -1 '
  6. Save file
  7. Start Xampp again

Example:

[WindowSettings]
Left=-1
Top=-1
Width=-1
Height=-1

Upvotes: 1

Javier Olayo
Javier Olayo

Reputation: 69

What worked for me was checking for windows updates and installing them

Upvotes: 0

Shiva Kumar 1604
Shiva Kumar 1604

Reputation: 61

Only 3 Steps:

  1. Open XAMPP
  2. Rollover over on XAMPP icon until the popup window comes up.
  3. Right click on the popup window and select Maximize.

a busy cat

Upvotes: 6

Gustavo Gomes
Gustavo Gomes

Reputation: 1

Open Xamp installation folder (Windows >> C:\xampp\)

  1. Quit Xampp (right click on icon tray)
  2. Delete xampp-control.ini file in xamp installation folder
  3. Start Xampp again

Upvotes: -1

Minh Tran
Minh Tran

Reputation: 11

There is also one temporary solution.

Open XAMPP, In the windows task bar. Hover your mouse over the XAMPP icon, a small popup will be shown. Right click on popup and choose size. click and pull bottom to resize window xampp controll.

This fix is temporary and you may have to do repeat the steps often.

Upvotes: 1

A. Montgomery
A. Montgomery

Reputation: 41

  1. Open XAMPP
  2. Hover over the XAMPP icon until the popup window comes up.
  3. Right click on the popup window and choose "maximize". This will display the XAMPP control panel in fullscreen mode.
  4. In full screen click and hold on the toolbar at the top and then drag it down until the control panel is in a re sizable view and release.
  5. You should now be able to minimize, maximize, or re size the panel with no problem.

Upvotes: 4

Raviteja Bhaskarabhatla
Raviteja Bhaskarabhatla

Reputation: 29

  1. Quit Xampp

  2. Delete xampp-control.ini file in xampp installation folder

  3. Start Xampp

Upvotes: 1

Anon
Anon

Reputation: 17

I had the same problem, what I did was try this suggestion and then run using Administrator, didn't have the same problem again, between just try with Run as Administrator as I read in logs it needed Administrator permission.

Try this:

1-Right click xampp.exe and go to xampp folder

2-Find and delete xampp-control.ini, log

3-Restart xampp

Upvotes: 0

AndyCore
AndyCore

Reputation: 21

Or try this:

It may be that the control panel position has been saved 'off screen'. This can happen if screen resolution has changed, or if a monitor has removed or changed.

To reset position:

1-Right click xampp.exe and go to xampp folder

2-Find and open xampp-control.ini with an editor, such as notepad.

3 Under [WindowSettings] are the settings for left and top position, plus width and height. Left and Top are pixel values for the control panel from the top left corner of your screen. If either of these are negative values the control panel will be off screen at default settings

4 Set them to something like: Left=200 Top=200

Leave the width and height settings as they are, save the changes.

This should get the panel in view on the screen.

Upvotes: 2

mithun_ghose
mithun_ghose

Reputation: 68

I can suggest one thing. I had this situation. I solved that following the steps.

  1. Restart the computer.
  2. open taskbar to see if xampp is running.
  3. Stop xampp if it is running.
  4. Start xampp.
  5. It will again minimize in the system tray just double click on the xampp icon.

Maybe this will help thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Mayur Sharma
Mayur Sharma

Reputation: 392

There is also one temporary solution.

  1. Open XAMPP, You cannot see its window but its icon will be shown in the windows task bar.
  2. Hover your mouse over the XAMPP icon, a small popup will be shown.
  3. Right click on popup and choose maximize. This will maximize the XAMPP Control Panel and you can see all the options and logs.

This fix is temporary and you may have to do repeat the steps often.

Upvotes: 27

Melardev
Melardev

Reputation: 1172

This may be too late, but I had the same issue for some time, I will share my workaround, it is not a permanent fix but it works, you have to use procexp from SysinternalsSuite https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/ you launch procexp.exe, you search form xampp-control.exe and right click> window> Maximize.enter image description here

Upvotes: 19

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