Please follow this procedure to start XAMPP -
1. go to 'xampp' folder
2. double click on 'xampp-control.exe'
Screenshot:![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/67012596603/original/7W85wkvezHPXgPqH9OipcNtvn1PLyjtYuw.png?1621413388)
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3. then click on these 2 buttons to start the XAMPP server.
Screenshot:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/67012596660/original/bxKT5MkmqVXwHz-LUBC-r-K4QaI9Z8ZYdg.png?1621413423)
4. Now go to browser, write the URL (localhost//folder_name)