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Hi there:

I've been running XAMPP for years. Thank you guys for all your hard work.

This morning I upgraded from 1.7.4 to 1.7.7 using the "Installer" package and I can't get Apache to start.
I'm getting the following error:

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The Apache service named  reported the following error:
>>> httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 455 of C:/Users/.../xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 18 of C:/Users/.../xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-xampp.conf: Cannot load C:/Users/.../xampp/apache/modules/php5apache2_2.dll into server: The specified procedure could not be found.

I'm running 64-bit Win7 SP1. I was running Apache and MySQL as services before the upgrade. Both are still registered as services. Ports 80 and 443 are free and the 2008 C++ redistributable mentioned in other posts is up to date. The file exists in the specified location.

Any other suggestions? Thanks for your help.

Hi cpilko,

I hope you have uninstalled the previous version before you installed the current version.

cpilko wrote:Any other suggestions?

• Don't install XAMPP into your Users folder
• uninstall and reinstall the current XAMPP version like described here: viewtopic.php?p=179699#p179699
• just register Windows services if everything is running smooth
• Doublecheck if you really have the correct Windows Visual C++ Runtime installed (it has to be the 2008 x86 Version, independend if you are using a x64 OS. The 2010 Version does not work).

best wishes,
Altrea

Thanks for your help! Uninstalling and reinstalling fresh to root did the trick.

You are welcome. I'm glad your problem could get solved
I marked your thread as solved.

Have fun with XAMPP and all that stuff