new install unable to start xampp

[bakra]

I downloaded new version of xampp 1.7.7 and installed it in E: driver I am unable to see http://localhost working.

[Sharley]

Did you try and Start Apache and MySQL using the control panel.

Try the new xampp-control-3-beta.exe version in the xampp folder.

Is there an error.log file in \xampp\apache\logs folder?

If not you may have to download the latest runtime files from Microsoft:
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