Dear Carsten On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Carsten Wiedmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Question: What does Apache use the SystemPath for? Does >> Apache_MSI-Installer for Windows install some Apache DLL into the >> System Path during the Setup? I will Google this now. > > If you start Apache with the "GUI" (Apache monitor), Apache is started as > Windows service. > --> a Windows service only nows the system $PATH (it's having it's own > environment) and thus Apache / modules can only find DLLs in these dirs. > > If you start Apache as console app with httpd.exe, it's using your user > environment. In this case system $path and user $path are merged and Apache > / modules can find DLLs in all those dirs. Thank you for this valuable lesson! Actually as I understand Windows better it is not so bad at all ;) Best Zeno
