Windows could not start the Apache2 on Local Computer - problem

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During the installation of Apache2 I got the following message into cmd window      Installing the Apache2 2 service The   Apache2 2 service is successfully   installed  Testing httpd conf          Errors reported here must be corrected   before the service can be started    httpd exe  Could not reliably   determine the server s fully qualified   domain name   using 192 168 1 3 for   ServerName  OS 10048 Only one usage of   each socket address  protocol network   address port  is normally permitted       make sock  could not bind to address   0 0 0 0 80 no listening sockets available  shutting down Unable to   open logs Note the errors or messages   above  and press the  key to   exit   24      and after installing everything look fine  but it isn t  If I try to start service I got the following message      Windows could not start the Apache2 on   Local Computer   For more information    review the System Event Log   If this   is a non-Micorsoft service  contact   the service vendor  and refer to   service-specific error code 1    Apach2 version is 2 2 9  Does anyone have the same problem  or could help me

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Thanks for the help guys   I found another culprit   Recently SimplifyMedia added a photo sharing option   Apparently it too uses port 80 and prevented Apache from starting up   I hope this helps someone out

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Windows Vista Home Premium operating system issue  The easiest way to resolve the issue is to change the port number in Apache2 conf httpd conf    Change the port number at the following lines   Listen  from 80 to 8888 and  ServerName  machinename  ex localhost  from 80 to 8888  Save then close  Open up Apache Service Monitor and restart service or go to Computer Management   Services and locate Apache 2 2 and start or restart

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There is some other program listening on port 80  usual suspects are   Skype  Listens on port 80  NOD32  Add Apache to the IMON exceptions  list for it to allow apache to bind  Some other antivirus  Same as above    Way to correct it is either shutting down the program that s using the port 80 or configure it to use a different port or configure Apache to listen on a different port with the Listen directive in httpd conf  In the case of antivirus configure the antivirus to allow Apache to bind on the port you have chosen   Way to diagnose which app  if any  has bound to port 80 is run the netstat with those options  look for  80 next to the local IP address  second column  and find the PID  last column   Then  on the task manager you can find which process has the PID you got in the previous step   You might need to add the PID column on the task manager   C  Users vinko netstat -ao -p tcp  Conexiones activas    Proto  Direcci  n local          Direcci  n remota        Estado           PID   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51373        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51379        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51381        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51382        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51479        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51481        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51483        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51485        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51487        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51489        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 51381        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51485        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51489        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59264        127 0 0 1 59265        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59265        127 0 0 1 59264        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59268        127 0 0 1 59269        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59269        127 0 0 1 59268        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    192 168 1 34 51278     192 168 1 33 445       ESTABLISHED     4   TCP    192 168 1 34 51383     67 199 15 132 80       ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51486     66 102 9 18 80         ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51490     74 125 4 20 80         ESTABLISHED     388   If you want to Disable Skype from listening on port 80 and 443  you can follow the link http   www mydigitallife info disable-skype-from-using-opening-and-listening-on-port-80-and-443-on-local-computer

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I had the same issue  when i restarted my wamp it turns to Yellow color icon but not green  In services i stop all sql server services  after that it works for me     Two thinks that should must be take care   1   port should be different 2   stop those services which can be on port 80

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I had the same problem  I checked netstat  other processes running  firewall and changed httpd conf  stopped antivirus  But all my efforts were in vain      So finally the solution was to stop the IIS  And it worked     I guess IIS and apache cant work together  If anybody know any work around let us know

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if appache and IIS both are running at a time then there is a posibility to hang the apache service      when i stopped all IIS websites once and then restarted apache service and it works for me    Jai

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For me  this was the result of having set the document root  in httpd conf  to a directory that did not exist  I had just emptied htdocs of a previous project

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Always double check httpd conf to see if document root is correctly pointing to an existing folder   if you have c  your-main-folder www  DocumentRoot  c  your-main-folder www      if you have c  your-main-folder www sub-folder  DocumentRoot  c  your-main-folder www sub-folder      DocumentRoot points to a folder that must exist in your drive

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if appache and IIS both are running at a time then there is a posibility to hang the apache service      when i stopped all IIS websites once and then restarted apache service and it works for me    Jai

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I had the same problem  I checked netstat  other processes running  firewall and changed httpd conf  stopped antivirus  But all my efforts were in vain      So finally the solution was to stop the IIS  And it worked     I guess IIS and apache cant work together  If anybody know any work around let us know

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I hope this helps others with this error   Run the httpd exe from the command line to get an accurate description of the problem   I had the same error message and it turned out to be a miss configured ServerRoot path  Even after running setup xampp bat the httpd conf had the wrong path   My error log was empty and starting the service does not give an informative error message

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I ve had this problem twice  The first problem was fixed using the marked answer on this page  thank you for that   However  the second time proved a bit more difficult   I found that in my httpd-vhosts conf file that I made a mistake when assigning the document root to a domain name  Fixing this solved my problem  It is well worth checking  or even reverting to a blank copy  your httpd-vhosts conf file for any errors and typo s

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Windows 10 - administrator account   I needed to switch the account to an admin type account  in windows services  httpd exe -k install   fails to add setup with enough user rights

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Run the httpd exe from the command line  as Tim mentioned  The path to PostgreSQL changed  nothing else was running on Port 80 and I didn t see anything in the error log file   I clone my boot drive partition once the base is setup so I don t have to spend three days installing and retweaking everything  Turns I had reinstalled my WAPP stack and used very specific names versions for PostgreSQL  Windows will not return a specific error message unless you run the command from the command line

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There is some other program listening on port 80  usual suspects are   Skype  Listens on port 80  NOD32  Add Apache to the IMON exceptions  list for it to allow apache to bind  Some other antivirus  Same as above    Way to correct it is either shutting down the program that s using the port 80 or configure it to use a different port or configure Apache to listen on a different port with the Listen directive in httpd conf  In the case of antivirus configure the antivirus to allow Apache to bind on the port you have chosen   Way to diagnose which app  if any  has bound to port 80 is run the netstat with those options  look for  80 next to the local IP address  second column  and find the PID  last column   Then  on the task manager you can find which process has the PID you got in the previous step   You might need to add the PID column on the task manager   C  Users vinko netstat -ao -p tcp  Conexiones activas    Proto  Direcci  n local          Direcci  n remota        Estado           PID   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51373        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51379        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51381        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51382        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51479        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51481        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51483        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51485        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51487        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51489        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 51381        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51485        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51489        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59264        127 0 0 1 59265        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59265        127 0 0 1 59264        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59268        127 0 0 1 59269        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59269        127 0 0 1 59268        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    192 168 1 34 51278     192 168 1 33 445       ESTABLISHED     4   TCP    192 168 1 34 51383     67 199 15 132 80       ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51486     66 102 9 18 80         ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51490     74 125 4 20 80         ESTABLISHED     388   If you want to Disable Skype from listening on port 80 and 443  you can follow the link http   www mydigitallife info disable-skype-from-using-opening-and-listening-on-port-80-and-443-on-local-computer

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Follow this step it will works fine   Go to Control panel-- Programs and features-- click Turn Windows features on and off--  see IIS is Checked Or Not If checked please unckeck IIS and restart the computer After that Open services see Web Deployement Agent Service status if its started please stop And also see WampAppache and WampSqlID if its not started please start manually  it will works for me

User · Answer

Thanks for the help guys   I found another culprit   Recently SimplifyMedia added a photo sharing option   Apparently it too uses port 80 and prevented Apache from starting up   I hope this helps someone out

User · Answer

Remove apache from Control Panel and delete the apache folder from Program Files and restart the machine  then install apache again  This will solve the problem  if not do the following  Install IIS if not installed  then start IIS and stop it     Using services start apache service    enjoy apache

User · Answer

the better way to resolve the issue is change the port number in Apache2 conf httpd conf   Change the port number as fallows    Listen 8888 and ServerName machinename 8888  Restart the Apache server after changing the port number

User · Answer

There is some other program listening on port 80  usual suspects are   Skype  Listens on port 80  NOD32  Add Apache to the IMON exceptions  list for it to allow apache to bind  Some other antivirus  Same as above    Way to correct it is either shutting down the program that s using the port 80 or configure it to use a different port or configure Apache to listen on a different port with the Listen directive in httpd conf  In the case of antivirus configure the antivirus to allow Apache to bind on the port you have chosen   Way to diagnose which app  if any  has bound to port 80 is run the netstat with those options  look for  80 next to the local IP address  second column  and find the PID  last column   Then  on the task manager you can find which process has the PID you got in the previous step   You might need to add the PID column on the task manager   C  Users vinko netstat -ao -p tcp  Conexiones activas    Proto  Direcci  n local          Direcci  n remota        Estado           PID   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51373        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51379        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51381        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51382        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51479        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51481        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51483        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51485        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51487        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51489        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 51381        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51485        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51489        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59264        127 0 0 1 59265        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59265        127 0 0 1 59264        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59268        127 0 0 1 59269        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59269        127 0 0 1 59268        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    192 168 1 34 51278     192 168 1 33 445       ESTABLISHED     4   TCP    192 168 1 34 51383     67 199 15 132 80       ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51486     66 102 9 18 80         ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51490     74 125 4 20 80         ESTABLISHED     388   If you want to Disable Skype from listening on port 80 and 443  you can follow the link http   www mydigitallife info disable-skype-from-using-opening-and-listening-on-port-80-and-443-on-local-computer

User · Answer

Windows Vista Home Premium operating system issue  The easiest way to resolve the issue is to change the port number in Apache2 conf httpd conf    Change the port number at the following lines   Listen  from 80 to 8888 and  ServerName  machinename  ex localhost  from 80 to 8888  Save then close  Open up Apache Service Monitor and restart service or go to Computer Management   Services and locate Apache 2 2 and start or restart

User · Answer

Always double check httpd conf to see if document root is correctly pointing to an existing folder   if you have c  your-main-folder www  DocumentRoot  c  your-main-folder www      if you have c  your-main-folder www sub-folder  DocumentRoot  c  your-main-folder www sub-folder      DocumentRoot points to a folder that must exist in your drive

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I hope this helps others with this error   Run the httpd exe from the command line to get an accurate description of the problem   I had the same error message and it turned out to be a miss configured ServerRoot path  Even after running setup xampp bat the httpd conf had the wrong path   My error log was empty and starting the service does not give an informative error message

User · Answer

Yes   i had to change the port  80 to  90 as port  80 was busy by some other system resource   You can see the logs in the folder of Apache2 2 logs  Thanks

User · Answer

Follow this step it will works fine   Go to Control panel-- Programs and features-- click Turn Windows features on and off--  see IIS is Checked Or Not If checked please unckeck IIS and restart the computer After that Open services see Web Deployement Agent Service status if its started please stop And also see WampAppache and WampSqlID if its not started please start manually  it will works for me

User · Answer

the better way to resolve the issue is change the port number in Apache2 conf httpd conf   Change the port number as fallows    Listen 8888 and ServerName machinename 8888  Restart the Apache server after changing the port number

User · Answer

I had the same issue  when i restarted my wamp it turns to Yellow color icon but not green  In services i stop all sql server services  after that it works for me     Two thinks that should must be take care   1   port should be different 2   stop those services which can be on port 80

User · Answer

For me  this was the result of having set the document root  in httpd conf  to a directory that did not exist  I had just emptied htdocs of a previous project

User · Answer

if you are using windows os and believe that skype is not the suspect  then you might want to check the task manager and check the  Show processes from all users  and make sure that there is NO entry for httpd exe  Otherwise  end its process  That solves my problem

User · Answer

Yes   i had to change the port  80 to  90 as port  80 was busy by some other system resource   You can see the logs in the folder of Apache2 2 logs  Thanks

User · Answer

Hi i also meet this problem today  And the log error in the Event viewer is as following The Apache service named  reported the following error                  1 Wrapper php-cgi exe cannot be accessed   720005 Access is denied                 2 apache service monitor the requested operation has failed           It is actual the access problem So the solution as flowing is help me change the php-cgi exe security properties   not inheit  from parent the permission    please add the everyone user

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Windows 10 - administrator account   I needed to switch the account to an admin type account  in windows services  httpd exe -k install   fails to add setup with enough user rights

User · Answer

Me also coming the same problem   The solution is goto add or remove programes then click the turn windows features on or off  Turn off the IIS   That is turn off the  Internet information services  and  Internet information service removable web core    I chosed the remaining features are on   Computer will ask to restart the system   Restart ur computer and then install the apache http server  I got it   Server succesfully working

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Run the httpd exe from the command line  as Tim mentioned  The path to PostgreSQL changed  nothing else was running on Port 80 and I didn t see anything in the error log file   I clone my boot drive partition once the base is setup so I don t have to spend three days installing and retweaking everything  Turns I had reinstalled my WAPP stack and used very specific names versions for PostgreSQL  Windows will not return a specific error message unless you run the command from the command line

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i faced the same issue  in my case i needed to add module in httpd conf the file was incomplete with incorrect keywords   like LoadModule       go to command line  go to C  Apache24 bin    C  Apache24 bin  gt  httpd exe    the reason for the error can be known from the output of the above command

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Me also coming the same problem   The solution is goto add or remove programes then click the turn windows features on or off  Turn off the IIS   That is turn off the  Internet information services  and  Internet information service removable web core    I chosed the remaining features are on   Computer will ask to restart the system   Restart ur computer and then install the apache http server  I got it   Server succesfully working

User · Answer

i faced the same issue  in my case i needed to add module in httpd conf the file was incomplete with incorrect keywords   like LoadModule       go to command line  go to C  Apache24 bin    C  Apache24 bin  gt  httpd exe    the reason for the error can be known from the output of the above command

User · Answer

I had the same problem  I checked netstat  other processes running  firewall and changed httpd conf  stopped antivirus  But all my efforts were in vain      So finally the solution was to stop the IIS  And it worked     I guess IIS and apache cant work together  If anybody know any work around let us know

User · Answer

I ve had this problem twice  The first problem was fixed using the marked answer on this page  thank you for that   However  the second time proved a bit more difficult   I found that in my httpd-vhosts conf file that I made a mistake when assigning the document root to a domain name  Fixing this solved my problem  It is well worth checking  or even reverting to a blank copy  your httpd-vhosts conf file for any errors and typo s

User · Answer

There is some other program listening on port 80  usual suspects are   Skype  Listens on port 80  NOD32  Add Apache to the IMON exceptions  list for it to allow apache to bind  Some other antivirus  Same as above    Way to correct it is either shutting down the program that s using the port 80 or configure it to use a different port or configure Apache to listen on a different port with the Listen directive in httpd conf  In the case of antivirus configure the antivirus to allow Apache to bind on the port you have chosen   Way to diagnose which app  if any  has bound to port 80 is run the netstat with those options  look for  80 next to the local IP address  second column  and find the PID  last column   Then  on the task manager you can find which process has the PID you got in the previous step   You might need to add the PID column on the task manager   C  Users vinko netstat -ao -p tcp  Conexiones activas    Proto  Direcci  n local          Direcci  n remota        Estado           PID   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51373        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51379        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51381        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51382        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51479        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51481        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51483        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51485        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51487        TIME WAIT       0   TCP    127 0 0 1 1110         127 0 0 1 51489        ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    127 0 0 1 51381        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51485        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 51489        127 0 0 1 1110         ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59264        127 0 0 1 59265        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59265        127 0 0 1 59264        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59268        127 0 0 1 59269        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    127 0 0 1 59269        127 0 0 1 59268        ESTABLISHED     5168   TCP    192 168 1 34 51278     192 168 1 33 445       ESTABLISHED     4   TCP    192 168 1 34 51383     67 199 15 132 80       ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51486     66 102 9 18 80         ESTABLISHED     388   TCP    192 168 1 34 51490     74 125 4 20 80         ESTABLISHED     388   If you want to Disable Skype from listening on port 80 and 443  you can follow the link http   www mydigitallife info disable-skype-from-using-opening-and-listening-on-port-80-and-443-on-local-computer

User · Answer

I had the same problem  I checked netstat  other processes running  firewall and changed httpd conf  stopped antivirus  But all my efforts were in vain      So finally the solution was to stop the IIS  And it worked     I guess IIS and apache cant work together  If anybody know any work around let us know

User · Answer

Remove apache from Control Panel and delete the apache folder from Program Files and restart the machine  then install apache again  This will solve the problem  if not do the following  Install IIS if not installed  then start IIS and stop it     Using services start apache service    enjoy apache

User · Answer

Hi i also meet this problem today  And the log error in the Event viewer is as following The Apache service named  reported the following error                  1 Wrapper php-cgi exe cannot be accessed   720005 Access is denied                 2 apache service monitor the requested operation has failed           It is actual the access problem So the solution as flowing is help me change the php-cgi exe security properties   not inheit  from parent the permission    please add the everyone user

User · Answer

if you are using windows os and believe that skype is not the suspect  then you might want to check the task manager and check the  Show processes from all users  and make sure that there is NO entry for httpd exe  Otherwise  end its process  That solves my problem

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