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            <h1>Install MyBB - Open Source Forum Software - on Windows</h1>
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          <h2>What is MyBB?</h2>

<blockquote>MyBB is the free and open source forum software powering thousands of engaging, vibrant, and unique communities across the internet.<i> - <a href="https://mybb.com/" target="_blank">https://mybb.com/</a></i></blockquote>

<h2>Installation</h2>

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	<li>Download XAMPP <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download MyBB <a href="https://github.com/mybb/mybb/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li><label for="cb_li_917989_0">Download Microsoft Visual C++ </label><label for="cb_li_917989_0"><a href="https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe" target="_blank">Download</a></label></li>
	<li>Install Microsoft Visual C++</li>
	<li>Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file &gt; Extract All...</li>
	<li>Right click the downloaded MyBB .zip file &gt; Extract All...</li>
	<li>Navigate into the extracted mybb folder structure</li>
	<li>Rename the Upload directory to mybb</li>
	<li>Cut the mybb folder inside the extracted XAMPP/htdocs directory</li>
	<li>Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example</li>
	<li>Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location</li>
	<li>Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe</li>
	<li>Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL</li>
	<li>Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin</li>
	<li>Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space &gt; Open PowerShell window here...</li>
	<li>Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the MyBB database
	<div class="codeBlock PS">.\mysql -u root<br />
	CREATE DATABASE mybb;<br />
	GRANT ALL ON mybb.* TO &#39;mybb_rw&#39;@&#39;localhost&#39; IDENTIFIED BY &#39;My44_rw$&#39;;<br />
	FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
	EXIT;<br />
	exit</div>
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<h2>MyBB Web Installer</h2>

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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/mybb</li>
	<li>Click Next at the Welcome screen</li>
	<li>Click Next at the License Agreement</li>
	<li>Click Next at the Requirements Check</li>
	<li>Complete the Database Configuration as shown below
	<p>Database Engine: MySQL Improved<br />
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	Database Server Hostname: localhost<br />
	Database Username: mybb_rw<br />
	Database Password: My44_rw$<br />
	Database Name: mybb<br />
	<br />
	Table Prefix: mybb_</p>
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	<li>Click Next after the table creation completes</li>
	<li>Click Next to complete the Table Population</li>
	<li>Click Next at the Theme Insertion screen</li>
	<li>Modify the Board Configuration form as needed &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Create an administrator account by entering a Username, Password and Email Address &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click the Admin Control Panel link</li>
	<li>Login with the administrator username and password created earlier</li>
	<li>Welcome to MyBB</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/" target="_blank">https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/</a></p>          </div>
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