Apache 2 4 3 with XAMPP 1 8 1 not starting in windows 8

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Just got XAMPP 1 8 1 installed on my Windows 8 PC  this version includes packages mentioned below   Apache 2 4 3 MySQL 5 5 27 PHP 5 4 7 phpMyAdmin 3 5 2 2 FileZilla FTP Server 0 9 41 Tomcat 7 0 30  with mod proxy ajp as connector  Strawberry Perl 5 16 1 1 Portable XAMPP Control Panel 3 1 0  from hackattack142    When I launched and tried to start Apache  it gave following error   12 04 41 PM   Apache    Attempting to start Apache app    12 04 41 PM   Apache    Status change detected  running 12 04 42 PM   Apache    Status change detected  stopped 12 04 42 PM   Apache    Error  Apache shutdown unexpectedly  12 04 42 PM   Apache    This may be due to a blocked port  missing dependencies   12 04 42 PM   Apache    improper privileges  a crash  or a shutdown by another method  12 04 42 PM   Apache    Check the   xampp apache logs error log  file 12 04 42 PM   Apache    and the Windows Event Viewer for more clues   After that I checked error log  it was empty so no help from there

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I had to manually edit the 2 text files (httpd.conf and httpd-ssl.conf) using the Config button for Apache to run and change in notepad from 80 > 81 and 443 > 444

Using the Xampp UI config manager doesn't save the changes into Apache.

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Skype is usually the culprit because it uses port 80  by default  Just close it or uncheck  Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections  under tools   options      advanced   connection and then restart Skype

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I had the same problem and error  I tried changing the ports for http port from 80 to 81 and ssl port from 443 to 444 but still received the same error so I reverted the ports to default and ran setup xampp bat which solve the problem in seconds

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I had this problem and then I ran  apache start bat  the error in german told me there was a problem with line 51 in httpd-ssl conf which is  SSLCipherSuite HIGH MEDIUM  aNULL  MD5   What I did was comment lines 163  ssl module  and 522  httpd-ssl conf include  in httpd conf  I don t need ssl for development  so that solved it for me

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An error in your httpd conf or other Apache config files will cause this  Revert httpd conf et al to the pristine  installer versions and see if Apache runs again    I tried Skype and other suggestions here  no luck  but logs  XAMPP   Apache   Logs button  showed that it ran once when first installed  That was the giveaway    Likely errors    Did you edit with a Windows text editor that changes line endings to non-Unix   Solution here   Missing or invalid DSO files   so

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So here is the solution for this   I check port 80 used by Skype  after that I changes port to 81 and also along with that somewhere i read this error may be because of SSL Port  then I changed SSL port to 444  However this got resolved easily    One most important thing to notice here  all the port changes should be done inside config files  for http port change  httpd conf for SSL httpd-ssl conf  Otherwise changes will not replicate to Apache  Sometime PC reboot is also required   Edit  Make Apache use port 80 and make Skype communicate on other Port  For those who are struggling with Skype  want to change its port and to make Apache to use port 80   No need to Re-Install  Here is simply how to change Skype Port  Goto  Tools  gt  Options  gt  Advanced  gt  Connection   There you need to uncheck Use port 80 and 443 as alternative for incoming connections    That s it  here is screen shot of it

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I had the same problem  but I understand the VMware service is the problem  VMware host service and Apache service conflict together   To Solve it    Run your task manager    in services tab find VMwareHostd    then right click and stop it    every thing have been solved

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Enter services msc and shutdown anything SQL you have running  The SQL server might be taking over the port

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change 80 to 81 and 443 to 444 by clicking config button and editing httpd conf and httpd-ssl congf  Now you can Access XAMPP from 127 0 0 1 81

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I had the exact same error   It was because i didn t run setup xampp bat  This is a better solution than going through config files and changing ports

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This problem may occur due to apache not getting required port  default is 80    The port may be being used by other services   For example  Skype also has default port 80   Installing Skype and Apache both on same machine will cause conflict and hence Apache will not start   Either  you change Skype port or change Apache port as described in following steps   Change the ports of Apache and it will work for you  Go to httpd conf  How to change port for Apache   Search for      ServerName localhost 80   Change it to      ServerName localhost 81   Also Search For      Listen 80   Change it to      Listen 81   If you have created any virtual hosts  change the ports there also  Then restart your apache

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