Basic Apache commands for a local Windows machine

Question

I have installed XAMPP on my Windows 7 machine and created a number of virtual servers. This part is straightforward enough.

Each time I add a new virtual server I a

Answer 1

For frequent uses of this command I found it easy to add the location of C:\xampp\apache\bin to the PATH. Use whatever directory you have this installed in.

Then you can run from any directory in command line:

httpd -k restart

The answer above that suggests httpd -k -restart is actually a typo. You can see the commands by running httpd /?