Apache Friends Support Forum

We have workstations which are shared by multiple interns and each may not logout at the end of work. Unfortunately, if a user has launched Apache, no other user can control that instance of Apache. Is there some way to launch Apache as a shared service that can be controlled by all users? Typical log file is below:

11:22:40 AM [main] Initializing Control Panel
11:22:40 AM [main] Windows Version: Enterprise 64-bit
11:22:40 AM [main] XAMPP Version: 7.3.7
11:22:40 AM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.4 [ Compiled: Jun 5th 2019 ]
11:22:40 AM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
11:22:40 AM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
11:22:40 AM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
11:22:40 AM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
11:22:40 AM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
11:22:40 AM [main] Checking for prerequisites
11:22:40 AM [main] All prerequisites found
11:22:40 AM [main] Initializing Modules
11:22:41 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
11:22:41 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 12244!
11:22:41 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
11:22:41 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
11:22:41 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
11:22:41 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
11:22:41 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 12244!
11:22:41 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
11:22:41 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
11:22:41 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
11:22:41 AM [main] The FileZilla module is disabled
11:22:41 AM [main] The Mercury module is disabled
11:22:41 AM [main] Starting Check-Timer
11:22:41 AM [main] Control Panel Ready
11:39:19 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
11:39:19 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 12244!
11:39:19 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
11:39:19 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
11:39:19 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
11:39:19 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
11:39:19 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 12244!
11:39:19 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
11:39:19 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
11:39:19 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
11:39:19 AM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
11:39:20 AM [Apache] Status change detected: running
11:39:20 AM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
11:39:20 AM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
11:39:20 AM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
11:39:20 AM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
11:39:20 AM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
11:39:20 AM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
11:39:20 AM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
11:39:20 AM [Apache] entire log window on the forums

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