Ok so I've spent a couple days looking through forums and such that describe my problem, however none of the solutions I have seen have worked.
So I have XAMPP ver. 1.7.3
My port scan's return this:
Service Port Status
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Apache (HTTP) 80 Process: System
Apache (WebDAV) 81 free
Apache (HTTPS) 443 free
MySQL 3306 free
FileZilla (FTP) 21 free
FileZilla (Admin) 14147 free
Mercury (SMTP) 25 free
Mercury (POP3) 110 free
Mercury (IMAP) 143 free
Mercury (HTTP) 2224 free
Mercury (Finger) 79 free
Mercury (PH) 105 free
Mercury (PopPass) 106 free
Tomcat (AJP/1.3)8009
Tomcat (HTTP)8080
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When I click 'Start' to launch apache from XAMPP control panel it will either: Show the normal 'Running' in green back lit text for half a second then stop OR just not even start at all.
When I try to run some files from the xampp folder it can return errors like this for example it returns this when I open up 'xampp_restart':
Restarting "xampp"...
Can't find process "C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe"
Yet, httpd.exe IS located in that file path.
I have also experienced a few problems when running any php scripts in CLI for example:
Warning: file(mains.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Users\Aaron\Desktop\AKG.php on line 8
And of course, the file IS in that exact directory yet it isn't picking it up. So all these permission errors that seem to be the cause are making me question if it has something to do with a system setting. (I am the only user and reserve all admin rights.. or that is if everything is working I should)
So, what is (if any) the way to fix my problem and to get Apache up and running again?
(I did have skype installed, but since completely removed it and rebooted a few times.)