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I have had to re-install my Xampp recently and it said that some ports were already being used, but there are no programs using the ports other than Xampp itself.
If i load up the control panel and click "admin", it says "started" in the display but then it gets grayed out and unclickable, and nothing loads?

What do i need to do to fix this, i've uninstalled and re-install many times to try fix this but it doesn't work.

Which ports and what programs are on these ports please?

You may still have some traces in your registry of your old XAMPP installation that are stuck.

Try this:
Close/Exit the control panel after stopping any running components.

Open a command prompt:
Click on start>Run...
Type cmd.exe
Click OK

If it's MySQL that is stuck, type:
sc delete mysql
Hit Enter

If it's Apache that is stuck, type:
sc delete apache2
Hit Enter

Start the control panel again and try start your components.
Then try and visit http://localhost in your browser.

BTW - sc stands for sc.exe service control and will delete any stray services that won't shut down by any normal means.

Microsoft explains the Service Controller Commands here.

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Take a look at the new DeskTopXampp launch control posted by ridgewood:
http://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopi ... 967#103967

The DeskTopXampp launch control for XAMPP and XAMPPlite (DTX.exe)
is available here:
http://zedfiles.com/DTX/

I highly recommend DTX.
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sorry for the delay.

the ports are:

80 or 443 (SSL)

it works now , thanks for the help