How to install MongoDB on Windows to run with XAMPP

Oh yeah. Today i installed XAMPP into c:\xampp to work with a local environment at my Windows 10 Pro Computer. But instead of MySQL i wanted to use MongoDB. 

After installing XAMPP i installed MongoDB Server Community Edition. First i tried to custom install the software at c:\mongodb  but then the database service won’t start. So after messing around and trying to get it fixed i gave up and installed MongoDB with the default path into C:\Program Files\MongoDB  Works perfect and the service is running without producing errors. I also downloaded MongoDB Compass Community Edition for having a nice visual database editor. 

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