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I have been using this version of Xampp for over 1 year without any problems, now I get Apache unexpected shutdown ,
SQL is OK. I have made no changes other than the automatic W10 updates.

I am using Xampp 3.2.4, PHP 7.4, W10 Home, V 21H2, OS 19044.1466.

I checked the ports with Netstat and found HP6CC21710560D:8080 ESTABLISHED,
the PID = HPNetworkCommunicatorCom.exe
I turned off this HP program then restarted xampp and now port 8080 is not showing up at all in Netstat.

There are no entries for today in my Apache error log,
In my Apache access log I only have
[12/Jan/2022:13:39:25 +0100] "GET /dashboard/ HTTP/1.1" 200 7576 "-" "AVG Antivirus"
12/Jan/2022:13:39:31 +0100] "GET /HNAP1/ HTTP/1.1" 404 1057 "-" "AVG Antivirus"

I checked my Windows event viewer but no relevant errors logged.

Any help appreciated

My log is below

3:42:46 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
3:42:46 PM [main] Windows Version: Home 64-bit
3:42:46 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 7.3.9
3:42:46 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.4 [ Compiled: Jun 5th 2019 ]
3:42:46 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
3:42:46 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp73a\"
3:42:46 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
3:42:51 PM [main] All prerequisites found
3:42:51 PM [main] Initializing Modules
3:42:51 PM [Apache] Initializing module...
3:42:51 PM [Apache] Checking for module existence...
3:42:51 PM [Apache] Checking for required tools...
3:42:51 PM [Apache] Checking for service (name="Apache2.4"): Service not installed
3:42:51 PM [Apache] Service Path: Service Not Installed
3:42:51 PM [Apache] Checking default ports...
3:42:51 PM [mysql] Initializing module...
3:42:51 PM [mysql] Checking for module existence...
3:42:51 PM [mysql] Checking for required tools...
3:42:51 PM [mysql] Checking for service (name="mysql"): Service not installed
3:42:51 PM [mysql] Service Path: Service Not Installed
3:42:51 PM [mysql] Checking default ports...
3:42:51 PM [filezilla] Initializing module...
3:42:51 PM [filezilla] Checking for module existence...
3:42:51 PM [filezilla] Checking for required tools...
3:42:51 PM [filezilla] Checking for service (name="FileZillaServer"): Service not installed
3:42:51 PM [filezilla] Service Path: Service Not Installed
3:42:51 PM [filezilla] Checking default ports...
3:42:51 PM [main] The Mercury module is disabled
3:42:51 PM [main] The Tomcat module is disabled
3:42:51 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "Apache"
3:42:51 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "MySQL"
3:42:51 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
3:42:51 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
3:42:53 PM [Apache] Autostart active: starting...
3:42:53 PM [Apache] Checking default ports...
3:42:53 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
3:42:53 PM [Apache] Executing "c:\xampp73a\apache\bin\httpd.exe"
3:42:53 PM [Apache] Return code: 0
3:42:53 PM [mysql] Autostart active: starting...
3:42:53 PM [mysql] Checking default ports...
3:42:53 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
3:42:53 PM [mysql] Executing ""c:\xampp73a\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe" --defaults-file="c:\xampp73a\mysql\bin\my.ini" --standalone"
3:42:53 PM [mysql] Return code: 0
3:42:53 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
3:42:53 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
3:42:59 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
3:42:59 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
3:42:59 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
3:42:59 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
3:42:59 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
3:42:59 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
3:42:59 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
3:42:59 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums

Default XAMPP Apache Ports are 80 and 443, not 8080.
So why did youcheck for port 8080?

Because I long ago changed the default ports to #8080 & #4443 due to some port conflicts, I do not remember what conflicts anymore

please double click the apache_start.bat script and tell us what it responses.

Thank you for your tip.

I did so and a syntax error showed up that I could fix.

Somehow I had managed to comment out a line of code; "</VirtualHost>"

you are welcome.
I'm glad you got this fixed