Apache says it starts but doesn't run.

[crash822]

I just installed xampp on win 7 64bit and I'm having issues getting Apache to start. Whenever I click on the start button, I get a message that says it starts but it never starts to run. Here is a pic of it.


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I've disabled IIS service by disabling it from the features list in control panel. http://localhost will also not load. I don't know any other Info I need to post so just ask if anything else needs to be known.

Thanks for any help.

[strike123]

I'm having the same problem. The first thing to do after you click start on Xampp control panel is to check the error log file which should tell you a bit more about the error. It will be in the logs folder of apache in the Xampp area.

[crash822]

Syntax error on line 505 of D:/Program Files (x86)/Xampp/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
SSLSessionCache: Invalid argument: size has to be >= 8192 bytes

That segment was repeated for every attempt I made to start apache.

[Altrea]

NEVER (!!!) install XAMPP to the Program Files (x86) Directory!!!
Never install xampp to a folder or subfolder which has white-spaces, brackets or other special chars in it!

[crash822]

Changing the install directory worked. Thanks for the help.