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Hi.. I need your help!
I want to start apache in xampp version 1.8.3 but I got an error as shown belloW:

1:35:25 AM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
1:35:25 AM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
1:35:25 AM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
1:35:25 AM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
1:35:25 AM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues

Please help me....

Hi,

We need the full contents of the XAMPP control panel log window.

best wishes,
Altrea

This the full contents of the XAMPP control panel log window:

11:58:07 AM [main] Initializing Control Panel
11:58:07 AM [main] Windows Version: Windows XP SP3 32-bit
11:58:07 AM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.3
11:58:07 AM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
11:58:07 AM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
11:58:07 AM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
11:58:07 AM [main] Checking for prerequisites
11:58:07 AM [main] All prerequisites found
11:58:07 AM [main] Initializing Modules
11:58:07 AM [main] Starting Check-Timer
11:58:07 AM [main] Control Panel Ready
11:58:10 AM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
11:58:11 AM [Apache] Status change detected: running
11:58:17 AM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
11:58:17 AM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
11:58:17 AM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
11:58:17 AM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
11:58:17 AM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
11:58:17 AM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
11:58:17 AM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
11:58:17 AM [Apache] entire log window on the forums

That looks okay.

What is the response of executing \xampp\apache_start.bat in your Windows command line?

This is response when I execute \xampp\apache_start.bat:

httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 514 of C:/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 17 of C:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-xampp.conf: Cannot load /xampp/php/php5ts.dll into server: The specified procedure could not be found.

for more details, see the image below:



Thanks Before.

Okay, the issue is that Xampp 1.8.3 contains PHP 5.5 which no longer supports Windows XP.
You can still use XAMPP 1.8.2 if you want to. Otherwise you have to update your operating system.

Best wishes,
Altrea

Oh... okay,

Thank you for your help. I will use xampp 1.8.2.

You are welcome