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I have a problem with Apache2.2 . I cannot make it run. Whenever I click on Start to start the service, it automatically turns off after 3 seconds... I am using XAMPP 1.7.7 . Apache2.4 works fine with XAMPP 1.8.1 but I necessarily need version 1.7.7 . So, can anyone help me please? Thanks!

what is the contents of your Apache error.log?

Here is it:

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[Tue Dec 11 15:36:28 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:28 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:30 2012] [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
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:30 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:30 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3824
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:31 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:31 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:32 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Child process is running
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:32 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:32 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:32 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:32 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:32 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:32 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:51 2012] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:51 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:52 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Released the start mutex
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:53 2012] [notice] Child 3824: All worker threads have exited.
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:53 2012] [notice] Child 3824: Child process is exiting
[Tue Dec 11 15:36:53 2012] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Tue Dec 11 15:38:52 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 15:38:52 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 15:39:13 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 15:39:13 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 15:39:13 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 15:39:33 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 15:39:33 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 15:39:33 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 15:40:58 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 15:40:58 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 15:40:58 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 16:01:17 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 16:01:17 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 16:01:17 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 16:10:16 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 16:10:16 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 16:10:16 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 16:10:49 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 16:10:49 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 16:10:49 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 16:18:34 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 16:18:34 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 16:18:34 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 11 16:23:19 2012] [warn] pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Dec 11 16:23:19 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 11 16:23:19 2012] [notice] Digest: done


When trying to start Apache using services.msc I get this warning:

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Windows could not start the Apache2.2 service on Local Computer.
Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly.

(Apache is listening on port 80 if this helps...)