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Hi, I need your help, please!

Since yesterday, my apache keeps stopping or rather doesn't even starts properly. i did two things: I attempted to install Drupal - which was unsuccessful and cancelled/uninstalled the whole process -, the other is a normal Windows update. In Netstat, i don't see anything listening to the ports 80 or 443.

Details:
11:11:25 [main] Initializing Control Panel
11:11:25 [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
11:11:25 [main] XAMPP Version: 5.6.3
11:11:25 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
11:11:25 [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
11:11:25 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
11:11:25 [main] Checking for prerequisites
11:11:25 [main] All prerequisites found
11:11:25 [main] Initializing Modules
11:11:25 [main] Enabling autostart for module "Apache"
11:11:25 [main] Enabling autostart for module "MySQL"
11:11:25 [main] Starting Check-Timer
11:11:25 [main] Control Panel Ready
11:11:26 [Apache] Autostart active: starting...
11:11:26 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
11:11:26 [mysql] Autostart active: starting...
11:11:26 [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
11:11:28 [mysql] Status change detected: running
11:15:13 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
11:15:13 [Apache] Status change detected: running
11:15:13 [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
11:15:13 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
11:15:13 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
11:15:13 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
11:15:13 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
11:15:13 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
11:15:13 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
11:15:13 [Apache] entire log window on the forums

Thanks

Hi,

Execute the apache_start.bat script and show us the output.

Best wishes,
Altrea

Hi, thanks for the fast reply. I couldn't printscreen on my Surface but basically it is saying that it could not find "C:/xampp/apps/drupal/conf/httpd-prefix.conf" in the apache config file.
Is this left from the Drupal installation? Anyway, after I #-d the line out and restarted, the apache is running!!!
Thanks for the support

szilvia wrote:basically it is saying that it could not find "C:/xampp/apps/drupal/conf/httpd-prefix.conf" in the apache config file.
Is this left from the Drupal installation?

yes.

you can completely remove this line.

thanks so much!!!