Drupal 10 installation on Windows requires multiple steps. Here is a thorough how-to to assist you with the procedure:

What are the Prerequisites for installing drupal 10?

• Web Server: Apache, Nginx, or IIS.
• Database Server: MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL.
• PHP: Version 8.1 or higher.
• Composer: PHP dependency manager.

Step-by-Step Installation Guide

Step 1: Install WAMP/XAMPP:-

You can use WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) or XAMPP (Cross-Platform, Apache, MariaDB, PHP, Perl) to set up a web server environment.

Step 2: Install Composer:-

• Download Composer from getcomposer.org.
• Run the installer and follow the installation wizard.

Step 3: Download Drupal 10:-

• Open a command prompt (cmd).
• Navigate to your web server’s document root directory. For example, if you’re using XAMPP, it might be C:\xampp\htdocs.

cd C:\xampp\htdocs

• Use Composer to create a new Drupal project:

composer create-project drupal/recommended-project my_drupal_site

Drupal will be downloaded and stored in a folder called my_drupal_site as a result.

Step 4: Set Up a Database:-

• Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin by opening a web browser.
• Make a fresh Drupal database. Put drupal10 as an example.
• Make a note of the login, password, and database name.

Step 5: Configure Apache:-

• Get the Apache configuration file open. It may be found in C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf for XAMPP.
• For the new Drupal site to be included, add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/my_drupal_site/web"
    ServerName mydrupalsite.local

    <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/my_drupal_site/web">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

• After securing the file, restart Apache.

Step 6: Edit Hosts File:-

• Launch Notepad in administrator mode.
• Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and open the hosts file.
• Include the line that follows: and save the file.

127.0.0.1 mydrupalsite.local

Step 7: Install Drupal:-

• Go to http://mydrupalsite.local in your open web browser.
• Adhere to the Drupal installation wizard.
  • Choose between the standard and minimum installation profiles.
  • Make database configurations with the information from Step 4.
  • Establishing your site name, admin user, and other parameters will finish the installation.