How To Fix XAMPP Cannot Create File "xampp-control.ini" Access Is Denied Error

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How To Fix XAMPP Cannot Create File "xampp-control.ini" Access Is Denied Error

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In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to fix the XAMPP error “Cannot create file 'xampp-control.ini' – Access is denied.” This usually happens when XAMPP doesn't have permission to write to its configuration file.

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Issues addressed in this tutorial:
XAMPP cannot create xampp-control.ini
Access is denied error in XAMPP
xampp-control.ini permission issue
Run XAMPP as administrator
XAMPP config file not saving

This works on Windows 11, Windows 10 and works on PC, Desktop & Laptop.