XAMPP Apache not starting - php7ts.dll?

[Aleks]

I've just installed XAMMP 7.2.2 (x64) on Vista, but am unable to start Apache. Each and every time, I get the following error message :

« Apache 2 is starting ... htttpd.exe : Syntax error on line 532 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/php7ts.dll into server : The specified procedure cannot be found." »

The php7ts.dll file is where it should be.

Line 532 of httpd.conf says : « Include "conf/extra/httpd-xampp.conf" ».

And line 17 in that second file (httpd-xampp.conf) says: « LoadFile "/xampp/php/php7ts.dll" »

I have Visual C++ 2015 (x64) installed on Vista.

[Altrea]

XAMPP does not release 64bit versions for windows.

[Aleks]

OK, fair point. The website I downloaded it from made it sound like it was a 64-bit version, but it turns out it was a version *compatible* with the 64-bit version of Vista (which doesn't mean much, if anything, I guess). So it's a 32-bit version.
So I have uninstalled Visual C++ 2017 (x64) and reinstalled the 32-bit version of it, since it apparently can lead to that sort of problem. Tried to restart XAMPP...got the same error message. I still have older versions of Visual C++ installed, and they're 64-bit, though. Could that be the issue ? And if not, what is ?