melting_dog Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hi all, I am having troulbe with an XAMPP install (on a Windows 7 machine). The install went fine but Apache simply wont start. I get the error: ERROR: Apache service not started [-1] I have changed the port to a free one but the same issue occurs. Can anyone help me out? Thanks! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263796-apache-not-starting-in-xampp-even-after-port-change/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gristoi Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 is a long shot but do you have skype running on startup? I have had issues in the past where skype holds the port and stops apache starting Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263796-apache-not-starting-in-xampp-even-after-port-change/#findComment-1351857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
melting_dog Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 is a long shot but do you have skype running on startup? I have had issues in the past where skype holds the port and stops apache starting Yeah I've had that too on other machines - Ive made sure Skype is off on this one. There is a WinNT program using port 80 but as I have changed Apaches port it should be fine, but... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263796-apache-not-starting-in-xampp-even-after-port-change/#findComment-1352014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Anything in Apache's error logs? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263796-apache-not-starting-in-xampp-even-after-port-change/#findComment-1352030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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