Magento Marketplace<\/a>, log in (or create an account), go to “My Profile” > “Access Keys,” and generate a new key pair. Use the Public Key as your username and the Private Key as your password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nStep 7: Run the Magento Install Command<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
After Composer finishes, all the files will be in C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\magento2. In the same XAMPP Shell, navigate into your new project folder: cd magento2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, run the single setup:install command to tell Magento how to set up your store.
Copy this full command, paste it into your shell, and press Enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nphp bin\/magento setup:install --base-url=\"[http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/](http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/)\" --db-host=\"localhost\" --db-name=\"magento2\" --db-user=\"root\" --db-password=\"\" --admin-firstname=\"admin\" --admin-lastname=\"admin\" --admin-email=\"admin@example.com\" --admin-user=\"admin\" --admin-password=\"AdminPassword123\" --language=\"en_US\" --currency=\"USD\" --timezone=\"America\/New_York\" --use-rewrites=\"1\" --backend-frontname=\"admin\" --search-engine=\"elasticsearch7\" --elasticsearch-host=\"localhost\" --elasticsearch-port=\"9200\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\nPost-Install Fixes & Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n\n\n\nAdmin Panel gives a 404 “Not Found” Error<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Symptom:<\/strong> The storefront at http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/ works, but the admin panel at http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/admin gives you a 404 error page.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCause:<\/strong> This is the most common issue with XAMPP. It happens because Apache’s URL “rewrites” (the mod_rewrite module) are not configured to work with Magento’s directory structure out of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Solution (The “Pub” Directory Fix):<\/strong> This is the exact solution you had in your original article. It’s a well-known workaround for XAMPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Go to your C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\magento2\\pub\\ folder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Copy the index.php and .htaccess files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Paste them into your root folder: C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\magento2\\ (and overwrite if asked).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Open the new index.php file (the one in the root folder) in a text editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Find this line: require __DIR__ . ‘\/..\/app\/bootstrap.php’;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Change it by removing the ..\/: require __DIR__ . ‘\/app\/bootstrap.php’;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Save the file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Go to phpMyAdmin<\/strong> , select your magento2 database, and click the SQL<\/strong> tab. Run this SQL query to update the database paths:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
SQL\nINSERT INTO core_config_data (path, value)\u00a0\nVALUES\u00a0\n('web\/secure\/base_static_url', 'http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/pub\/static\/'),\n('web\/unsecure\/base_static_url', 'http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/pub\/static\/'),\n('web\/secure\/base_media_url', 'http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/pub\/media\/'),\n('web\/unsecure\/base_media_url', 'http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/pub\/media\/')\nON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE value = VALUES(value);<\/pre>\n\n\n\nFinally, run a cache flush from your command line: php bin\/magento cache:flush<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admin Panel is a Blank White Page<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nSymptom:<\/strong> You go to the admin URL, and the browser loads a completely blank white screen. No error, no text.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCause:<\/strong> This is a specific, known bug when running Magento on Windows. A file validator in Magento’s code has an issue with the Windows-style file paths (which use a backslash \\ instead of a forward-slash \/).<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Solution (Edit Validator.php):<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Navigate to the file: C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\magento2\\vendor\\magento\\framework\\View\\Element\\Template\\File\\Validator.php<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Open this file in your text editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Find the isPathInDirectories function (around line 114).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Find this line of code inside the function: $realPath = $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path);<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Replace that one line with this code, which adds a str_replace: $realPath = str_replace(‘\\\\’, ‘\/’, $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path));<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Save the file and refresh your admin page. It should now load.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Entire Site is Extremely Slow<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nSymptom:<\/strong> Every single page load, on both the admin and the storefront, takes 10-30 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCause:<\/strong> This is often a Windows networking issue where “localhost” is resolved very slowly. Using “127.0.0.1” (the direct IP address for your local machine) is almost always faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Solution (Change Base URL to 127.0.0.1):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Go to phpMyAdmin<\/strong> (http:\/\/localhost\/phpmyadmin\/) and open your magento2 database.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Find the core_config_data table and click “Browse.”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Find the rows for web\/unsecure\/base_url and web\/secure\/base_url.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Change their value from http:\/\/localhost\/magento2\/ to http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Run a cache flush from your command line: php bin\/magento cache:flush<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Now, access your site using http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/magento2\/ in your browser. You should feel a significant speed improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Now, try this solution and install Magento 2 on Windows. If this process overwhelms you, our Magento 2 developer can manage this task for you with complete ease. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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