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I have initially installed XAMPP without checking the Mercury installation. Of course, the module shows-up in the XAMPP Control panel but is disabled and there is no mean to install it from there. How should I do without re-installing the whole XAMPP package?

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  • I would just like to add that creating the \xampp\mercury\ folder and pointing the installation there did not work for me as xampp was actually looking for mercury in \xampp\MercuryMail instead. – Yngvar 92 Dec 08 '16 at 03:53

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For who would be interested (that applies to any not-initially-installed module of XAMPP package):

  1. create a folder inside xampp, e.g. \xampp\mercury. In windows it should be "MercuryMail".
  2. download mercury from here: http://www.pmail.com/downloads_s3_t.htm
  3. during installation, point to the \xampp\mercury\ folder.

  4. edit the file \xampp\xampp-control.ini:

    [EnableModules]->Mercury=1

    [BinaryNames]->Mercury=mercury.exe

Reload XAMPP Control panel That's all!

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  • I tried this. The program should be installed to MercuryMail, not Mercury for Xampp to detect it properly. – Adamantus Jun 07 '18 at 13:15
  • Renaming the directory won't help, you have to uninstall it again if you already installed it to Mercury directory. This method worked for me and I now have a green light in Xampp. – Adamantus Jun 07 '18 at 13:24