If a newbie had to change the default thumb driver how would said newbie go about it >.> using XAMP.
I use XAMPP for many year as my development server localy on Windows.
But I’m not able to add a new driver. XAMPP does not include the source code…
So I have said (for me) it is a “black box”.
Think of:
Never change a running team!
I’ve found this tutorial, which is pretty new: http://www.saidur-rahman.com/install-imagemagick-on-windows-for-xampp/
Maybe it helps. As an alternative, you could try to install MAMP for Windows and try to get it to work there.
You don’t actually need to install the Imagick DLL (PHP extension), you only need to have the convert binary in your $PATH.