Hi there,
I am new to XAMPP and all its features. I am trying to get familiarized with MySQL by a tutorial which recommended to download and install XAMPP. The recommendation was to turn UAC so I did, but I got an error like this:
10:50:48 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
10:50:48 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 64-bit
10:50:48 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.3
10:50:48 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
10:50:48 PM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
10:50:48 PM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
10:50:48 PM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
10:50:48 PM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
10:50:48 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
10:50:48 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
10:50:48 PM [main] All prerequisites found
10:50:48 PM [main] Initializing Modules
10:50:48 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
10:50:48 PM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" with PID 6664!
10:50:48 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
10:50:48 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
10:50:48 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
10:50:48 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
10:50:48 PM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" with PID 6664!
10:50:48 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
10:50:48 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
10:50:48 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
10:50:48 PM [mysql] XAMPP MySQL is already running on port 3306
10:50:48 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
10:50:48 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
10:51:06 PM [mysql] Attempting to stop MySQL (PID: 9184)
10:51:07 PM [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
11:04:09 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
11:04:09 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
11:04:15 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
11:04:15 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
11:04:15 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
11:04:15 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
11:04:15 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
11:04:15 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
11:04:15 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
11:04:15 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
I turned off the UAC but it showed that I still need some admin rights. Even I changed the ports in the XAMPP control panel for Apache from 80 to 29221 and from 443 to 29222 after I checked the ports availabilities with "netstat -a" in CMD but still having that error. When I press the log button in XAMPP beside apache, it give me a blank document. When I check the event viewer in windows, it doesn't show the new errors or specifically the errors about this crash. I even allowed apache in windows firewall but it doesn't do anything.
Could you help me with that? And could you let me know on how to get more info and tutorials about these programs?
Thank you.