It's easy to install XAMPP on your home PC or laptop. It's harder if you want it to run on a pen drive in school. Make sure you follow the instructions below carefully.
1. Make sure your pen drive has been enabled to work at school
2. Go to <https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html>. Make sure you click on More Downloads!
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3. Click on More Downloads > XAMPP Windows > \[Version\] > xampp-portable-windows-x64-\[Version\].zip
4. Unpack the zip file to desktop then copy the XAMPP directory to the root of the USB drive.
5. Go to xampp/xampp-control to start xampp
6. Start Apache and then MySQL
7. Open a web browser and go to address 127.0.0.1 to check that XAMPP is running