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Hi,
I have been running xampp lite 1.7.3 on my win 7 machine without problems. Then I didn´t use it for a while. In this time I had a virus infection which affected registry files - repaired -, changed several local services (deactivated them), updated firefox and some more changes. Now xampp is running, no problem, but I cant connect to localhost / 127.0.0.1. I have no idea what change affected xampp.
Port 80 is free, no Skype, no firewall, no antivirus, checked the host file.
No Browser problem - checked with FF and Chrome with the same result. Installed easyphp but the same problem - cant connect to localhost, the page keeps just loading, no error message.
Anyone an idea where to look next? Have read all threads but no result so far...
Thanks
Ben

Might be your firewall.

Good Luck

Hi,

I have the same problem with 1.7.7 xampp installer. I changed the port 80 to 1234 and Apache appears to be Running. My firewall is OFF.


Best Regards

Can you ping localhost and 127.0.0.1? What are the results?

I know this is an older post, but I'm having the same issue. I have Apache listening at 8000 and 4433 because I have Skype, and am getting a blank page for both localhost and 127.0.0.1. I can ping both of these. I've checked my virus protection and it is allowing the apache server out. Any other ideas?

Vicky Rowe

what's the output in the Control Panel when you start up?

also - what are the exact URLs you are using trying to connect?

Hi,
this is simple. If you have changed the default port(80) to e.g 81, all you need to access your default localhost page is:
http://localhost:81/
That will be in addition to any other changes like commenting out ssl if you needed to.
That was simple right?

Hello All

I was having the same problem

I simply changed a few details and it is working using the link below

http://w3guy.com/fix-xampp-error-apache-shutdown-unexpectedly

hope this helps