Apps :: Xampp running from a USB pendrive problems

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This is a _really_ bad idea. You are opening up everything on that device to be written by anyone, any script, any program, with no restrictions.

Agreed. I didn't catch this thread earlier, but XAMPP makes it clear that their focus isn't on security:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#381

original here.