I downed loaded XAMPP version 7.3.0 and my OS is Windows 10 Home with 64 bit. My plan is to run Word Press locally on my PC so I can learn WordPress.
These are the intial errors I get. Please remember I am a total Newbie. Appreciate any help resolving my issue.
Cajuncook1
10:16:36 AM [main] Initializing Control Panel
10:16:36 AM [main] Windows Version: Home 64-bit
10:16:36 AM [main] XAMPP Version: 7.3.0
10:16:36 AM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.2 [ Compiled: Nov 12th 2015 ]
10:16:36 AM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
10:16:36 AM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
10:16:36 AM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
10:16:36 AM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
10:16:36 AM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
10:16:36 AM [main] Checking for prerequisites
10:16:36 AM [main] All prerequisites found
10:16:36 AM [main] Initializing Modules
10:16:36 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
10:16:36 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
10:16:36 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
10:16:36 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
10:16:36 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
10:16:36 AM [mysql] MySQL Service detected with wrong path
10:16:36 AM [mysql] Change XAMPP MySQL and Control Panel settings or
10:16:36 AM [mysql] Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
10:16:36 AM [mysql] Found Path: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini" MySQL
10:16:36 AM [mysql] Expected Path: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=c:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini mysql
10:16:36 AM [mysql] Problem detected!
10:16:36 AM [mysql] Port 3306 in use by ""C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini" MySQL"!
10:16:36 AM [mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
10:16:36 AM [mysql] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
10:16:36 AM [mysql] or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
10:16:36 AM [main] Starting Check-Timer
10:16:36 AM [main] Control Panel Ready