- For complete documentation, see [ht]docs/manual/platform/windows.html or
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.3/platform/windows.html.
-
- The Apache/Win32 binaries are primarily distributed as a Windows Installer
- package (.msi), and may be available as a .zip file as well. These packages
- are named apache-2.3.xx-win32-x86.msi and apache-2.3.xx-win32-x86.zip.
- Please choose the .msi package if at all possible. Note that Apache version
- 2.3 is a development version and binaries may not be available. Use a
- released version from the stable 2.2 branch instead.
-
- If you have unpacked a source distribution (named httpd-2.3-xx.zip, without
- any -win32-x86 notation) you must compile the package yourself, see the links
- mentioned above. Unless you intended to do this, please look again for the
- binary package from http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/ and
- install that .msi (or .zip package, if you must.)
-
- If you have unpacked this binary distribution from the .zip package, you
- _must_ edit the conf/httpd.conf file (with notepad or another text editor)
- to reflect the correct ServerName, Domain, and directory paths. Search for
- the text "@@" to discover what you must edit. To install and start the
- service after you have corrected the httpd.conf file, use the command
-
- bin\httpd.exe -k install
- bin\httpd.exe -k start
-
- The .msi package configures the httpd.conf file, and installs and starts
- the Apache2 service for you. It also installs plenty of useful shortcuts
- and the taskbar ApacheMonitor. We strongly encourage you to use it.