Apache Friends Support Forum

Hey everyone,

Im new at this, i'm trying to install an apache server on my laptop using XAMPP latest version, to install WP on it and start designing a page. At the moment i'm having trouble installing it, i can make MySQL and Filezilla works properly, but when it comes to the Apache server i have the following errors,
first, when i start the XAMPP panel control i got:

14:02:45 [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
14:02:45 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
14:02:45 [main] Checking for prerequisites
14:02:45 [main] All prerequisites found
14:02:45 [main] Initializing Modules
14:02:45 [Apache] Apache Service detected with wrong path
14:02:45 [Apache] Change XAMPP Apache settings or
14:02:45 [Apache] Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
14:02:45 [Apache] Found Path: "C:\Users\Arrigo\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
14:02:45 [Apache] Expected Path: "c:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
14:02:45 [mysql] XAMPP MySQL Service is already running on port 3306
14:02:45 [filezilla] XAMPP FileZilla FTP Server Service is already running on port 21
14:02:45 [filezilla] XAMPP FileZilla FTP Server Service is already running on port 14147
14:02:45 [main] Starting Check-Timer
14:02:45 [main] Control Panel Ready

If i try to start apache, then i got this:
System error : CODE 2
Impossible to find the specified file
Access violation at address 005ABEFE in module 'xampp-control.exe' - Read of address 00000042

Then windows kicks me out of the control panel and it stops it.

I dont have any clue why this could be, maybe it's something really simple but i just got no experience in setting up this thing.

Endless thanks to anyone who could help me out! ( i already posted this on the german speaking forum before realizing there's an english part!)

garlicxsauce wrote:14:02:45 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
14:02:45 [Apache] Found Path: "C:\Users\Arrigo\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
14:02:45 [Apache] Expected Path: "c:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice

I would say you installed this before.

Yes i did, before knowing about XAMPP i've tried setting up apache+MySQL+PHP, but i've uninstalled and erased every file belonging to the first installation, i just cant understand which file is still there and does not allow XAMPP to find the proper apache directory and work

You installed it as a windows service. Running the XAMPP uninstaller will not remove that. You can do that via the command prompt (Start > Run > cmd) with admin privileges.

If you have XAMPP 1.8.0 or 1.8.1:

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sc delete Apache2.4

otherwise:

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sc delete Apache2.2

Thanks a lot, it worked. Right now i've got an error with the database, when i try to start MySQL the control panel tells me

[mysql] Service was NOT (un)installed!

I've uninstalled MySQL as i did for Apache from cmd but so far seems not to work, anyway, thanks for the help!

You can manually delete mysql by doing

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sc delete mysql