XAMPP on Windows - Apache not starting

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I have installed XAMPP on my windows 7 machine but can t get Apache to work   On start I get the following errors   13 09 21   apache   Apache Service Detected With Wrong Path 13 09 21   apache   Uninstall the service manually first 13 09 21   apache   Possible problem detected   13 09 21   apache   Port 80 in use by  system   13 09 21   tomcat   Tomcat Service Detected With Wrong Path 13 09 21   tomcat   Uninstall the service manually first   After opening the XAMPP panel and installing Apache service  I have tried start it  it always get stuck  Starting apache service      Any advice on how I could resolve this    Thanks Jamil

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The most likely reason would be that something else is using port 80   Often this can be Skype  IIS  etc    This tutorials shows How to Change the Apache Port in XAMPP

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I was able to fix this   Had the same problems as stated above  made sure nothing was using port 80 and still not working and getting the message that Apache and Mysql were detected with the wrong path   I did install XAMPP once before  uninstalled and reinstalled  I even manually uninstalled but still had issues   The fix  Make sure you backup your system first    Start Services via Control Panel Admin Tools  also with Ctrl R and services msc  Look for Apache and MySQL services  Look at the patch indicated in the description  right click on service then click on properties   Chances are that you have Apache listed twice  one from your correct install and one from a previous install  Even if you only see one  look at the path  chances are it s from a previous install and causing your install not to work  In either case  you need to delete those incorrect services    a  Got to command prompt  run as administrator   Start   all programs   Accessories   right click on Command Prompt   Select  run as administrator   b  on command prompt type sc delete service  where service is the service you re wanting to delete  such as apache2 1  or sc delete Apache2 4   It should be exactly as it appears in your services  If the service has spaces such as Apache 2 1 then enter it in quotes  i e   sc delete  Apache 2 1   c  press enter  Now refresh or close open your services window and you ll see it s gone    DO THIS for all services that XAMPP finds as running with an incorrect path   Once you do this  go ahead and restart the XAMPP control panel  as administrator  and voila  all works  No conflicts

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my friend this the will fix ur problem     in root of folder   xampp   just run this file    setup xampp bat   then press enter  and try to start the apache server   every things will work like charm

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I know this is somewhat of an old topic  but in case anyone reads this in the future     I uninstalled xampp  deleted everything under the c  xampp folder  then reinstalled xampp as administrator and it worked like a charm

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I encountered the same issue after XAMPP v3 2 1 installation  I do not have Skype as most people would believe  however as a Software Developer I assumed port 80 is already in use by my other apps  So I changed it by simply using the XAMPP Control Panel   Click on the  Config  button corresponding to the APACHE service and choose the first option  Apache  httpd conf    In the document that opens  using any text editor - except MS Word    locate the text   Listen 12 34 56 78 80 Listen 80  And change this to   Listen 12 34 56 78 83 Listen 83  This can be any non-used port number  Thanks

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I spent over 3 hours to find out solution  Actually port 80 was being used by  system  service so I tried to change port from 80 to 8080 in  httpd  file but same problem raised  port 80 is used by system   It had driven me mad for 3 hours as every thing was changed like port   localhost server etc pointing to 8080   At last I found mistake that was server root  Basically  Server Root  in  httpd  should be pointing to apache foler of xampp  In my case that s was  ServerRoot  xampp apache    I just changed it as follows   ServerRoot  C  xampp apache     It has worked successfully and now everything is running with OK status

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For me  the problem was I had two installations of Apache Tomcat  The following steps solved my problem    Open up services msc in command prompt Select the Apache Tomcat service  right click and select properties Check the path to the executable of the service Follow the instructions in https   stackoverflow com questions 7190480 modifying-the-path-to-executable-of-a-windows-service to change the path to   tomcat bin tomcat7 exe    RS  Tomcat7 Restart XAMPP Control Panel

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refer this - http   www sitepoint com unblock-port-80-on-windows-run-apache   and to enable telnet http   social technet microsoft com wiki contents articles 910 windows-7-enabling-telnet-client aspx

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I had my Apache service not start same as MySQL one   Please follow these steps if none of above tips works       Open regedit exe on any windows this available   Run as administrator   Only on windows 7 and later editions     Go to  local machine system controlset001 services Find and delete folders of services apache and mysql   Uninstall  xampp   Delete folder of xampp   Restart computer and reinstall Xampp   After that your Xampp apache and Mysql should work        Note  Ports 80 and 443 must be unused by any program         If it is in use   Just edit ports  There is a lot of tutorials about that

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