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Various updates: add libap to the list of required libraries. Remove 

reference to StartServers. Change links to mod_dll to mod_so.


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<P>Project files (<CODE>.DSP</CODE>) are included for each of the

   portions of Apache. The three projects that are necessary for

   Apache to run are <CODE>Apache.dsp</CODE>,

   <CODE>ApacheCore.dsp</CODE> and

   <CODE>os/win32/ApacheOS.dsp</CODE>. The regular expression library

   in <CODE>regex</CODE> also need to be compiled using the supplied

   makefile. The <CODE>src/win32</CODE> subdirectory contains project

   files for the optional modules (see below).</P>

   Apache to run are <CODE>Apache.dsp</CODE>, <CODE>ap/ap.dsp</CODE>,

   <CODE>regex/regex.dsp</CODE>, <CODE>ApacheCore.dsp</CODE> and

   <CODE>os/win32/ApacheOS.dsp</CODE>. The <CODE>src/win32</CODE>

   subdirectory contains project files for the optional modules (see

   below).</P>



<H2><A name="inst">Installing Apache for Windows</A></H2>
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<UL>

  <LI><P>Because Apache for Windows is multithreaded, it does not use a

      separate process for each request, as Apache does with

      Unix. Therefore, the "process"-management directives are different:

      <P><A HREF="mod/core.html#startservers">StartServers</A> - This

         tells the server how many processes to use. Unlike Unix, there

         will never be more than this number, and only one will be used

         at a time (the others will be held in reserve in case the main

         processes crashes or otherwise dies). The recommended default is

         <CODE>StartServers 3</CODE>.

      Unix. Instead there are usually only two Apache processes running:

      a parent process, and a child which handles the requests. Within

      the child each request is handled by a separate thread.

      <P>



      So the "process"-management directives are different:

      <P><A

         HREF="mod/core.html#maxrequestsperchild">MaxRequestsPerChild</A>

         - Like the Unix directive, this controls how many requests a
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      without recompiling the server. If Apache is compiled normally, it

      will install a number of optional modules in the

      <CODE>\Apache\modules</CODE> directory. To activate these, or other

      modules, the new <A HREF="mod/mod_dll.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</A>

      modules, the new <A HREF="mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</A>

      directive must be used. For example, to active the status module,

      use the following (in addition to the status-activating directives

      in <CODE>access.conf</CODE>):</P>

<PRE>

    LoadModule status_module modules/ApacheModuleStatus.dll

</PRE>

      <P>Information on <A HREF="mod/mod_dll.html#creating">creating module

         DLLs</A> is also available.</P>

      <P>Information on <A HREF="mod/mod_so.html#creating">creating loadable

         modules</A> is also available.</P>

  <LI><P>Apache can also load ISAPI Extensions (i.e., Internet Server

         Applications), such as those used by Microsoft's IIS, and other

         Windows servers. <A HREF="mod/mod_isapi.html">More information