Install osCommerce 2.3.4 on windows

Trabla: Install osCommerce 2.3.4 on windows  ( via XAMPP 5.6.21 )

OsCommerce (styled "osCommerce" - "open source Commerce") is an e-commerce and online store-management software program. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. It is available as free software under the GNU General Public License.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsCommerce

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Solving:

1.  Download and install XAMPP 5.6.21 from official site:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

2. Download osCommerce 2.3.4 source from official site:
https://www.oscommerce.com/Products

3. Create folder \oscommerce in XAMPP htdocs folder
C:\xampp\htdocs\oscommerce
and copy all files from downloaded osCommerce 2.3.4 source

4. Run XAMPP Control Panel 
- start Apache
- start Database

5. Open in browser following url to start installation
http://localhost/oscommerce/install/index.php

Click "Start" button

6. "Database server" page

We need to create database first:

1) Open in new browser tab
http://localhost/phpmyadmin - Databse Client

2)  Select - "Databases" tab
- type database name - "oscommerce"
- select encoding - "utf8_geberal_ci"
- click "Create" button

3) Go back to installation page and type following data
user - root
database name - oscommerce
and click "Continue"

7. Database import in progress ...

8. "Web Server" page - click "Continue"

9. "Online Store Settings" page
- enter data , click "Contiue"

10. Done

11. Post-Installation Notes

It is recommended to follow the following post-installation steps to secure your osCommerce Online Merchant online store:

1) Delete the C:/xampp/htdocs/oscommerce/install directory.

2) Rename the Administration Tool directory located at C:/xampp/htdocs/oscommerce/admin.

3) Set the permissions on C:/xampp/htdocs/oscommerce/includes/configure.php to 644 (or 444 if this file is still writable).

4) Set the permissions on C:/xampp/htdocs/oscommerce/admin/includes/configure.php to 644 (or 444 if this file is still writable).

5)Review the directory permissions on the Administration Tool -> Tools -> Security Directory Permissions page.

6) The Administration Tool should be further protected using htaccess/htpasswd and can be set-up within the Configuration -> Administrators page.

Enjoy osCommerce :)