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Shannon Lewis
Shannon Lewis
2,252 Points
Posted by Shannon Lewis
Shannon Lewis
2,252 Points

MAMP current version doesn't seem to let you change the directory location

Hello,

It seems that the MAMP version I just downloaded does not allow you to change the location of the folder under preferences. Do you know if there is another way, or did they change this to only being supported in the pro version?

thanks

3 Answers

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Shannon,

Sorry if you've already tried this but this is how I get to it:

  • Make sure you've stopped servers
  • Click on Preferences...
  • Click on the Web Server tab at the top
  • Click on the ... next to Document Root

Any luck with that?

-Rich

Shannon Lewis
Shannon Lewis
2,252 Points
Shannon Lewis
Shannon Lewis
2,252 Points

HI Rich,

Yes that worked! Thanks.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

No problem :)

-Rich

gigimaria
gigimaria
7,489 Points
gigimaria
gigimaria
7,489 Points

Thanks for this! This was my problem, too!

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

No problem, glad it helped :)

Kathryn Vitarelli
Kathryn Vitarelli
884 Points
Kathryn Vitarelli
Kathryn Vitarelli
884 Points

Helped me too. Thanks Rich.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

No problem, glad it's still helping people out :)

-Rich

tobart
tobart
13,518 Points
tobart
tobart
13,518 Points

Hey Rich, thank you for helping. Didn’t turn out for me though even when i stopped the server, additionally found out a secondary method to change the folder, just drag and drop the folder on the path in the interface, where it’s showing the default path. After letting it go there, it changes the root folder.