I was using XAMPP coupled with Netbeans very smoothly without any issue.
PHPMyAdmin suggested that I give my root user an actual password instead of the default "". So i did and ended up kicking myself out of XAMPP.
After digging on the internet i read a suggestion to uninstall the software and reinstall it. after doing so, I can not connect to apache or mysql what so ever.
here is the log, PLEASE HELP!
7:31:40 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
7:31:40 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
7:31:40 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 5.6.14
7:31:40 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.2 [ Compiled: Nov 12th 2015 ]
7:31:40 PM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
7:31:40 PM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
7:31:40 PM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
7:31:40 PM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
7:31:40 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\new folder\"
7:31:40 PM [main] WARNING: Your install directory contains spaces. This may break programs/scripts
7:31:40 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
7:31:41 PM [main] All prerequisites found
7:31:41 PM [main] Initializing Modules
7:31:41 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "Apache"
7:31:41 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "MySQL"
7:31:41 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
7:31:41 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
7:31:41 PM [Apache] Autostart active: starting...
7:31:41 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
7:31:41 PM [mysql] Autostart active: starting...
7:31:41 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
7:31:42 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
7:31:42 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
7:31:42 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
7:31:42 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
7:31:42 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
7:31:42 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
7:31:42 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
7:31:42 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
7:31:42 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
7:31:44 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
7:31:53 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
7:31:53 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
7:31:54 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
7:31:54 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
7:31:54 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
7:31:54 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
7:31:54 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
7:31:54 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
7:31:54 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
7:31:54 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
7:31:55 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
7:31:55 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
7:31:56 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
7:31:56 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
7:31:56 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
7:31:56 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
7:31:56 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
7:31:56 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
7:31:56 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
7:31:56 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums