help me start apache

[thefastlife]

everything works fine with xampp exept apache i can't run it and i tryed to turn of skype in advance settings something about port 80.425 i think. and my ports are open. please rep what is wrong?

[Sharley]

Are there any clues in the \xampp\apache\logs\error.log file.

You say in your profile you are using a very old and obsolete XAMPP version 1.6.0a is that correct?
You can find the XAMPP version and all the included component versions in the readme_en.txt file.

New users can find self help by reading these first:
readme_en.txt file in the xampp folder.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-windows.html

Some useful reading that may help you help us to find suitable solutions:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=48331
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32670

[thefastlife]

i cant download any newer version cuz a lots of dll is missing. i think i use 1.6.6a

[Sharley]

You can find the XAMPP version...in the readme_en.txt file.

Are there any clues in the \xampp\apache\logs\error.log file.

[thefastlife]

Fri Nov 25 13:26:37 2011] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:37 2011] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:40 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:40 2011] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:40 2011] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2628
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:41 2011] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:41 2011] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:42 2011] [notice] Child 2628: Child process is running
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:42 2011] [notice] Child 2628: Acquired the start mutex.
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:42 2011] [notice] Child 2628: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:42 2011] [notice] Child 2628: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:42 2011] [notice] Child 2628: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:42 2011] [notice] Child 2628: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Fri Nov 25 13:26:42 2011] [notice] Child 2628: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

[Sharley]

That is a normal log file created when Apache starts - Apache is running.

What makes you think that Apache has not started?

What do you see when you type http://localhost in your browser?

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[Fri Nov 25 13:26:40 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations

This is telling me that you have installed XAMPP 1.7.7 not 1.6.0a - please change your profile XAMPP version details here:
ucp.php?i=164

Use the new Control Panel by double clicking on xampp-control-3-beta.exe in the xampp folder.