I am not able to Start Apache on XAMPP on my system windows 7 32 bit - apache

Question

I am not able to run/start Apache through XAMPP on my system windows 7 32 bit. The problem is after installing everything is working okay but Apache is not running or starting.
Getting the following error message:-
Initializing Control Panel Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Initializing module...
Checking for module existence...
Checking for required tools...
Checking for service (name="Apache2.4"): Service installed
error message : Apache Service detected with wrong path
Change XAMPP Apache and Control Panel settings or
Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
Found Path: "C:\Apache24\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
Expected Path: "c:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe" -k
Checking default ports...
Executing "net start "Apache2.4""
Return code: 0
I think my system is missing Port 80 which is used by Apache server to run - even I checked it on my system but there is no such port 80 on my system.
How to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

Terminate/exit the programs like skype and other programs that are using the port 80 then start the appache server hope this will start the server. Once appache server start then you can start the skype or other programs. Or even you can change the port of appache server. You can follow this link for changing the server port.
How to change XAMPP apache server port?
Hop this will help you.

Answer 2

port 80 is a virtual port. It is being used by some other Program. Try executing netsh on command prompt.
The most common issue is skype. Refer this question to resolve it.

Answer 3

Apache Service detected with wrong path Change XAMPP Apache and Control Panel settings or Uninstall/disable the other service manually first Found Path: "C:\Apache24\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice Expected Path: "c:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe" -k
Your answer is on error message. The installed apache loaction is not inside the xampp folder. Try to reinstall or change the configuration.

Answer 4

I've encountered this issue on my Windows 10 environment. I've found that I've configured C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf with a new SSLCertificateFile or SSLCertificateKeyFile in one of my virtual hosts that was not existing.
So in my httpd-xampp.conf I have the following:
## mywebsite.local config
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/mywebsite.local"
ServerName mywebsite.local
ServerAlias *.mywebsite.local
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/mywebsite.local"
ServerName mywebsite.local
ServerAlias *.mywebsite.local
## these lines are for my local SSL, here is the issue
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "crt/mywebsite.local/server.crt" ## this path may not exist
SSLCertificateKeyFile "crt/mywebsite.local/server.key" ## or even this line may not exist
</VirtualHost>
I've found that the path from SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile doesn't exist.
I've fixed it and not it's working.
All the best!

Answer 5

I had the exact same issue on my system, Windows 10 64bit. I realized that I had edited the httpd.conf file in accordance with a security course I was taking and it rendered my configuration erroneous.
My fix was to uninstall XAMPP from the XAMPP uninstaller located in the XAMPP folder to completely erase all associated files as well as registry files! This was important because I had to do this once before but the uninstaller did not function properly for some reason.
Anyways, completely uninstalling it and reinstalling it leaving all the default settings made it work again. I know how it sounds... delete and re-install, but it finally got my server running, so it might serve as a solution for you and anyone who finds this post. Image of the Apache and my SQL server running without throwing errors.
Also, I found this out recently:
If you are learning to use XAMPP through a website like stackskills, the modules may not alert you to common issues. For example, if you need to change a directory, from C:/XAMPP/Apache to C:/Hacking Software/XAMPP/Apache, (notice the space and lack of underscore in the first part of the directory "HackingSoftware", XAMPP will read the first "space" as the end of an argument, and so you need to have the entire directory written in quotes like this: "C:/Hacking Software/XAMPP/Apache" or write it with underscores C:/Hacking_Software/XAMPP/Apache.
This syntax also applies to the use of the "Alias" command. See this link for more info: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#directory.
Use this as a resource for other issues: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/directives.html