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Hi Everybody, can you help?
Win7 Home 64bit

When trying to start Apache from xampp or by itself running apache_start.bat this is the error message i get.
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ok this does not seem to display

<OS10013>An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. : make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
<OS10013>An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

Apache could not be started
press any key to continue . . .

sorry i just wanted to avoid typing mistakes.

I need some straightforward advice, I am not familiar with the ins and out of Winsock or TCP/IP or servers.

Thank you guys.
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Do you have any log files in the \xampp\apache\logs folder?

If so paste the last section when you tried to start Apache (check the date and time).

If there are no log files then that means that Apache has never started as it will create the log files and make entries when it attempts to start and when it stops.

You may be missing the runtime file for the method used to compile Apache - VC9
Download and install the runtime file from here and then try and start Apache.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/de ... px?id=5582

Good luck.


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

the logs folder is empty

Right then you need to follow the instruction re the runtime file.

Also use the new control panel found in the xampp installation folder:
xampp-control-3-beta.exe
It has more features and best used to stop and start the components.

The latest XCPv3 versions can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=48932
Download and drag the exe file only from the archive file into the xampp folder and use this latest version instead.

tried stoppin security esssentials downloaded the Vis c runtime (it was ok, tried repairin, it reports ok) nothing.

after downloading the beta the error message code is 32755632

Sorry I don't know what you mean about your first line or about downloading the beta and the error code.

Did you right click on the xampp-control-3-beta.exe in the xampp folder and select to run as an administrator?

You need full admin rights to run a web server like XAMPP's components.

i did everything u suggested. when " run as admin..." error code was 34068480

i mean that is what the xampp ctlpanel displayed

xammpp is installed into c:\xampp

Sometimes the XAMPP installer version plays up on some Windows version.

Try following these instructions to uninstall/install using the zip or 7zip archive version as it often helps when strange issues arise:
viewtopic.php?p=179699#p179699