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i installed and uninstalled apache to try and get it to work. now im trying xampp.
so xampp wont start apache and when i click on the apache start button on the xampp control panel, it just crashes
and also the apache service monitor is blank. it doesnt have any services like "apache2"

-xampp when it starts

7:40:34 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
7:40:34 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
7:40:34 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.1
7:40:34 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.1.0 3.1.0 [ Compiled: September 20th 2012 ]
7:40:34 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
7:40:34 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
7:40:34 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
7:40:34 PM [main] All prerequisites found
7:40:34 PM [main] Initializing Modules
7:40:34 PM [main] The MySQL module is disabled
7:40:34 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
7:40:34 PM [main] Control Panel Ready

-and xampp when i try to start apache

[EXCEPTION] System Error. Code: 3.
The system cannot find the path specified
[EXCEPTION] Access violation at address 005ABEFE in module 'xampp-control.exe' Read of address 00000042
[EXCEPTION] Access violation at address 005ABEFE in module 'xampp-control.exe' Read of address 00000042

any help is appreciated

Could you try grabbing the latest control panel and see if that makes a difference: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=48932