Team. I looked at other thoughtful and well-laid-out related posts and I’m sure what I need is there but I have minimal expertise re: Apache, XAMPP, etc. and I'm just not very confident about trying to fix my apparently common XAMPP problem. Advancing age just makes all that worse.
I don't want to be a moocher or take advantage of goodwill on the forum but I need to get some assistance. So I’m quite willing to pay someone to provide that assistance. Without such help I think I’m screwed.
And, of course, I waited to the last minute to make changes to my web content.
Just upgraded to Win 10 64 bit.
FYI, using XAMPP Version: 7.0.6 from 2015. Maybe just installing newer version might be the solution?
Initial error message...
12:20:13 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:20:13 PM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
12:20:13 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:20:13 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:20:13 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
Against my better judgement I tried the first option/solution shown on the forum involving command prompt and the entry netsh http add iplisten ipaddress=::
Well, now the error message above is gone but XAMPP still does not work and error log says
4:41:08 PM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
4:41:08 PM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
4:41:08 PM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
4:41:08 PM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
4:41:08 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
4:41:08 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
4:41:08 PM [main] All prerequisites found
4:41:08 PM [main] Initializing Modules
4:41:08 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "Apache"
4:41:08 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
4:41:08 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
4:41:08 PM [Apache] Autostart active: starting...
4:41:08 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
4:41:09 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
4:41:11 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
4:41:11 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
4:41:11 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
4:41:11 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
4:41:11 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
4:41:11 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
4:41:11 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
4:41:11 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
Also, I’m not much of a Windows expert but I am the only account holder and that by default I have admin rights. Unfortunately I don’t know (1/10th) of what I don’t know.