Apache won t run in xampp

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I have just installed XAMPP and everything works fine except that I can t get apache to run   It seems that port 80 is the problem  I have disabled Skype to use port 80 but it doesn t seem to fix it   I read somewhere that the SSL port can be the problem and should be changed   But I cant figure out were the port is or how to change it    Check the   xampp apache logs error log  file    I have tried to check this file but inside  logs  there isn t anything  From apache I can go to error but there is not any recently changed documents    The error   20 34 24   Apache   Problem detected  20 34 24   Apache   Port 80 in use by  system   20 34 24   Apache   Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free  20 34 24   Apache   You need to uninstall disable reconfigure the blocking application 20 34 24   Apache   or reconfigure Apache to listen on a different port  20 40 50   Apache   Attempting to start Apache app    20 40 50   Apache   Status change detected  running 20 40 51   Apache   Status change detected  stopped 20 40 51   Apache   Error  Apache shutdown unexpectedly  20 40 51   Apache   This may be due to a blocked port  missing dependencies   20 40 51   Apache   improper privileges  a crash  or a shutdown by another method  20 40 51   Apache   Check the   xampp apache logs error log  file 20 40 51   Apache   and the Windows Event Viewer for more clues   How to I fix these errors

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In my case I simply had to run the control panel as administrator

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In my case  it was something else  One day earlier I tried to install Magento using bitnami of xampp  And I deleted That Module  I opened the httpd conf and found this line   Include  C  xampp apps magento conf httpd-prefix conf    I just commented it with     Now it s running fine

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If you just want to make Apache run an don t mind which port it is running on  do the following   In the XAMPP Control Panel  click on the Apache -  Config  button which is located next to the  Logs  button    Select  Apache  httpd conf   from the drop down   notepad should open   Do Ctrl   F to find  80   Click  find next  three times and change line Listen 80 to Listen 8080  Click  find next  again a couple times until you see line ServerName localhost 80 change this to ServerName localhost 8080  Do Ctrl   S to save and then exit notepad   Start up Apache again in the XAMPP Control Panel  Apache should successfully run   Use http   localhost 8080  in your browser address bar to check everything is working   EDIT  Also you may have problems running XAMPP while running IIS  If you are running IIS it might be worth stopping the service then starting XAMPP

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Like Ianshark points out  a common reason for this error in Windows 7 is the Web Deployment Agent service    The Web Deploy Tool enables administrators to use IIS Manager to deploy ASP NET and PHP applications to an IIS server   You can disable it from XAMPP Control Panel by clicking the  Services  button  If you have changed the port in the Apache config file  change it back to 80  Then uninstall Microsoft Web Deploy  if you prefer a more permanent solution

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In my case  it was something else  One day earlier I tried to install wordpress using bitnam of xampp  but I was not successfull  When I saw the error log  there was an error    httpd exe  Syntax error on line 560 of C  xampp apache conf httpd conf  Could not open configuration file C  xampp apps wordpress conf httpd-prefix conf  The system cannot find the path specified    I opened the httpd conf and found this line   Include  C  xampp apps wordpress conf httpd-prefix conf    I just commented it with      Now it s running fine

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just disable  world wide web publishing service    it solve my problem

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Find out which other service uses port 80   I have heard skype uses port 80  Check it there isn t another server or database running in the background on port 80   Two good alternatives to xampp are wamp and easyphp  Out of that  wamp is the most user friendly and it also has a built in tool for checking if port 80 is in use and which service is currently using it   Or disable iis  It has been known to use port 80 by default

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Take a look at this site   http   www lukebrowning com blog nt-kernel-system-using-port-80   In my case  it was the SQL Server Reporting Service  but others have seen IIS or the Web Deployment Agent Service     Open a cmd window and run services msc  find the service  and stop it  Then try to start Apache   If it works  disable the other service

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In my case the problem was that the logs folder did not exist resp  the error log file in this folder

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logout your account in skype   then in xampp control panel click start from the line of Apache

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Try stopping Apache and MySql and starting them again in the following order    Apache MySql Etc      Wait for both services to stop properly before restarting  Turning them on and off too quickly gives the same problem   Inspired by lansharks answer

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I had the same kind of problems  I finally made it to work    I successfully changed the apache ports to listen to ports not used by other programs Port 443 is used by SSL and Skype  I believe that the XAMPP Control Panel has a bug and I have screen shots in my posts to  I do not have enough credibility on this web site to upload pictures   I have the whole thing written down with screen shots in the following blog posts   http   hodentek blogspot com 2014 02 one-way-to-handle-port-80-in-use-by html http   hodentekhelp blogspot com 2014 02 on-installing-apache-on-windows-7-64bit html http   hodentekhelp blogspot com 2014 02 do-you-want-to-change-ports-that-skype html

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None of the above worked for me  This is what finally worked for me   1  Start Services  Type services in your start  gt  search  2  Look for Apache services It was disabled in my case  Enabling it worked for me    Some people have also reported duplicate listing of Apache services which has prevented it from starting  If that is the case  delete disable one of the Apache services which corresponds to the wrong path   A restart of XAMPP might be required

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There are 2 ways to solving this problem    If you want to run Apache in another port then Replace in xampp apache conf httpd conf  ServerName localhost 80  by  ServerName localhost 81  At line 184  After that even it may not work Then replace      Listen 0 0 0 0 80  Listen      80 Listen 80    by   Listen 0 0 0 0 81  Listen      81 Listen 81   at line 45   If you want to use port 80  Then follow this  In Windows 8    World Wide Publishing Service is using this port and stopping this service will free the port 80 and you can connect Apache using this port  To stop the service go to the    Task manager      Services tab     right click the    World Wide Publishing Service    and stop  If you don t find there then Then go to  Run   services msc  and again find there and right click the    World Wide Publishing Service    and stop    If you didn t find    World Wide Publishing Service    there then go to  Run  resmon exe   Network Tab  Listening Ports  and see which process is using port 80    And from  Overview  CPU  just Right click on that process and click  End Process Tree   If that process is system that might be a critical issue

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Note that this problem usually occure for two reasons   1-Port 80 is busy   2-Port 443 is busy   For number one as the others said  you can kill Skype and SQL Serever Reporter from      Windows Task Manager  Services  Tab  Services     Button    But if it dosen t worked  it s probably because of port 443  so try this one   If you use VMware  go to     Windows Task Manager  Services  Tab  Services     Button  and find  VMware Workstation Server  service  double click on it and press  Stop  button    There is no need to stop other VMware s services   Then again try to run Apache

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Skype  try closing it and then running xampp  if it works then change the skype port to stop using port 80

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Do you have Bitnami installed  If so it is most likely one of those installations check by opening command prompt as admin or terminal in linux  enter this     netstat -b   This will give an application name to those processes and ports in use  Look for  80 or  443

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