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:
I have close the application without stopping the servers, will that be the case of this matter?
Here it's the easiest solution.
Right-click xampp.exe and go to xampp folder
Find and delete the following files xampp-control.ini - xampp-control.log
Restart xampp
Close Xampp process.
Go and open C://xampp/xampp-control.ini
Change these properties from x-number to 0
Restart Xampp.
This worked for me.
There is also one temporary solution.
Open XAMPP, You cannot see its window but its icon will be shown in the windows task bar.
Hover your mouse over the XAMPP icon, a small popup will be shown.
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.
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.
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
Only 3 Steps:
Open XAMPP
Rollover over on XAMPP icon until the popup window comes up.
Right click on the popup window and select Maximize.
Clicking on xampp-control file in xampp folder (in my case it's in C:/xampp folder) will open XAMPP control panel.
Open XAMPP
Hover over the XAMPP icon until the popup window comes up.
Right click on the popup window and choose "maximize". This will display the XAMPP control panel in fullscreen mode.
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.
You should now be able to minimize, maximize, or re size the panel with no problem.
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.
This doesn't involve modifying, uninstalling, editing, or anything overtly complicated, just hovering:
Start XAMPP.
Hover mouse over XAMPP Window Tab until Window preview pane pops up over the tab.
Right Click over preview pane and click maximize.
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.
There is a very easy way in windows 10. check this out!
Open "Windows Task Manager"
Go to "Processes" tab
Expand the "xampp-control.exe"
Right Click on Expanded "XAMPP Control Panel"
Select "Maximize"
Then you'll get Xampp Control Panel.
Note - The 5th step will only shown if the app is hidden.
I can suggest one thing. I had this situation. I solved that following the steps.
Restart the computer.
open taskbar to see if xampp is running.
Stop xampp if it is running.
Start xampp.
It will again minimize in the system tray just double click on the xampp icon.
Maybe this will help thanks.
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.
Quit Xampp
Delete xampp-control.ini file in xampp installation folder
Start Xampp
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.
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
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
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
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"
Easiest solution I found was:
Click on task view.
Click on minimized window of the control panel.
Just resize like any other window.
Deleting the log and config file doesn't work for me. So this could be an alternative.
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.
Do whatever to stop and close the XAMPP that are hiding and running (in taskbar)
Go to c:\xampp (where the application was installed).
Delete two files: xampp-control.ini and xampp-control.log
Restart the XAMPP, which would ask to set the language.
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)
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
What worked for me was checking for windows updates and installing them
Quit Xampp
Open Xampp installation folder
Open xampp-control.ini with an editor
Find [WindowSettings]
Set all filed of WindowSettings ( Left, Top, Width, Height ) to ' -1 '
Save file
Start Xampp again
Example:
[WindowSettings]
Left=-1
Top=-1
Width=-1
Height=-1
Bonjour
Go to xampp Directory.
Delete the xampp-control.ini file
Restart your xampp and it will work.
Merci!!
Uncheck "Start Control Panel Minimized" in the configuration
Simply bring up the task manager, go to Xampp and "bring to front"
In my windows-10 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.
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.
Sometimes if you install xampp not in the c drive, this happens
Open Xamp installation folder (Windows >> C:\xampp\)
Quit Xampp (right click on icon tray)
Delete xampp-control.ini file in xamp installation folder
Start Xampp again
I want to change the default layout of Window's Powershell so that it can expand to entire screen.
I tried from properties option.
But when I click the ok button, I am getting below error in Windows 8.1
Unable to modify the shortcut:
Check to make sure it has not been deleted or renamed
Settings get reflected even getting the above error, but it reset to its original settings after reopening of Powershell.
Edit the "Defaults" which is in the menu above "Properties". This will persist your changes even after closing and re-opening the window.
You should be looking at setting up your Powershell profile. The profile file is usually kept in your user location and contains, amongst other things, the settings for your Powershell session.
This should get you started: http://www.howtogeek.com/50236/customizing-your-powershell-profile/
And there's plenty of reading here on SO if you search for 'Powershell Profile'.
When running P4Merge, the comparison method is always initially set to 'Recognize line ending and white space differences' (aka all changes). I want to use 'Ignore line ending and white space length differences', but I have to manually re-set this every time the tool runs.
I have changed the setting:
with the toolbar button
in the preferences dialog
on the File menu
and it never sticks. In fact, the preferences dialog entry is reset every time I go back to the menu, without even closing the program. I have changed the setting before using the Exit command from the File menu and before closing the window, and also before saving a merge.
In the past I was able to save my setting and have it be remembered, unfortunately I don't have any recollection of the software version involved. I was using P4Merge as standalone and none of the rest of the Perforce suite was installed.
I can update with any other supporting information that might prove relevant.
[Edit: It's the radio button setting in the preferences dialog that ignores changes and resets every time it's viewed, not the File submenu.]
If you are in Unix/Linux, I would blow away the .p4merge directory in your home directory, which stores all your preferences. In Windows, I'm sure there is a similar directory in your home folder. Sometimes things can get out of sorts in that directory, and cleaning it out could help. After doing so, try saving your preferences again (do it via Edit -> Preferences to change the defaults) and restarting p4merge.
If that doesn't work, it could be a buggy version.
It looks like this issue was fixed in 2013.3. I ran into this issue, updated to the latest version of P4, and the problem was resolved.
I have a development tool that's crashing on launch, and I don't get to see any error messages it throws, or get a chance to debug it, because it shows the Windows 7 dialog for crashed programs, where it says "Windows is checking for a solution..."
I want to have my old school big ass assert dialog box back, with a big "DEBUG" button. I have JIT completely enabled in Visual Studio's options and settings, so I'm not sure why I'm not getting the option.
Use Regedit, navigate to the below path:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\DontShowUI]
Create a DWORD and set the value to 1.
This blog post on raymond.cc contains an expanded version of the steps suggested in Krzysztof John's answer.
Quote:
Turn Off The Error Dialog Via The Registry
Although editing the registry manually is not recommended for average users, sometimes there isn’t a choice because something like the Group policy Editor might not be available in your version of Windows or the group policy method itself doesn’t work. This works on Windows Vista and above.
Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit into the Start search box or the Win+R Run dialog.
Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting
Double click the DontShowUI entry on the right and change its value to 1, then close the registry editor.
. . .
The above registry fix will turn off the popup dialog for the current user, if you want the setting to affect all users on the computer then a similar registry key needs to be created in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. This key isn’t present by default so needs to be created.
Read More: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/disable-program-has-stopped-working-error-dialog-in-windows-server-2008/
control panel -> troubleshooting -> change settings
In my case this solved same problem:
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Action Center\Problem Reporting Settings
set to "never check for solutions"
On my old Windows Vista Home Basic install, the option is hidden in a completely different place beneath the control panel:
Control Panel → Classic View → Problem Reports and Solutions → Change Settings → Advanced Settings → “For my programs, problem reporting is: [×] Off”
I am getting this annoying problem, whenever i do some changes to any file in any of my many projects and try to save the file, i get the error "The operation could not be completed"!!!!
it only has an "OK" button, clicking that button will open a "Save As" dialog to save the file into a different location.
most of the time, after trying with different approaches (click CTRL+S, open File-> Save, open File-> Save All, or closing the windows and clicking "Save" when being asked to save), it works, but usually that takes 2-3 tries in average per change (a developer has a finger glued to CTRL+S).
i disabled all add ins, actually i only have JustCode. i restarted the machine, nothing worked.
anyone can help please?
BTW: i have VS.NET 2005 Team Suite SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate, and the problem happens in all types of projects (WEB, Windows Service, SQL, anything).
Found the solution
It was my anti-virus, once i excluded the project folder from the control of the anti-virus everything is fine now.