phpforfun wrote:Where may I find the error log file you mention above? I followed a path like the one you gave me but the logs folder is empty. Apache is still not running on my system.
Apache has never run on your system from when you installed XAMPP as Apache creates the error.log file automagically when it starts and adds to the file on every occurrence of an error and when it is started and stopped.
So I suggest that you still have something running on port 80 and or port 443 that is preventing Apache from starting.
Similar issue with no log file being created in this topic where the fix seemed to be my alternative method below:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44697Some are having issues with the installer version on Win7 and in particular the 64bit Win7 OS that may be fixed by following the alternative instructions below.
Alternatively follow the instructions in the readme_en.txt file for uninstalling this installer version and uninstall it.
Then download either the zip or 7zip archived version and extract the xampp folder to the root of a drive or partition, for example C:\ which will give you C:\xampp when extracted.
Next run the setup_xampp.bat file from the xampp folder.
Then go to
http://localhost and you should see the XAMPP Welcome demo page if your XAMPP is working as it should.
BTW what server did you have running that served your default web site mentioned in a post above?
Make sure that this server is stopped and disabled before trying to install XAMPP again.
That is the correct URI to load your file and the normal browser behavior when there is no server running to serve the file you requested, but the message is canned and so does not give you any meaningful clues as to why there is a file not found error.
Your missing error.log file would give details had Apache been running.