Thanks for helping. To answer your questions:
Wiedmann wrote:I have tried starting XAMPP ..., via the xampp_start.bat batch file
What happens with "apache_start.bat"?
I get this response:
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Diese Eingabeforderung nicht waehrend des Running beenden
Bitte erst bei einem gewollten Shutdown schliessen
Please close this command only for Shutdown
Apache 2 is starting ...
Apache konnte nicht gestartet werden
Apache could not be started
Press any key when ready...
What's the complete "error.log" (after starting with an empty logfile)?
Emptying out "error.log" and starting "apache_start.bat" produces nothing, no changes to the error log. apache_start.bat exits immediately without writing anything to the file. The file has 0 bytes.
Clicking on "\Program Files\xampp\xampp_start.exe" also produces no output. A DOS window opens for a second, issues a message to the screen, and then closes quickly. If I open a 4NT window in the folder and run it from the 4NT command line, I can read this:
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[c:\program files\xampp]
[0]> xampp_start.exe
Diese Eingabeforderung nicht waehrend des Runnings beenden ...
Zum stoppen bitte die xampp_stop benutzen!
Please do not close this window while running ...
Use the xampp_stop for shutdown!
Please wait [Bitte warten] ...
### APACHE + MYSQL IS STARTING NOW ###
However, this does not add anything to the error.log at all. MySQL starts and stays running, and apache shuts down immediately.
Only when I run
xampp_control.exe and click on the button that says "START" for Apache, do I get a response. It turns green momentarily, says "RUNNING" and then shuts down. The total of the error log at "c:\Program Files\xampp\apache\logs\error.log" is this (4 lines):
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[Mon Oct 22 22:21:48 2007] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: unable to replace stderr with error_log
[Mon Oct 22 22:21:48 2007] [crit] (2)No such file or directory: unable to replace stderr with /dev/null
[Mon Oct 22 22:26:30 2007] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: unable to replace stderr with error_log
[Mon Oct 22 22:26:30 2007] [crit] (2)No such file or directory: unable to replace stderr with /dev/null
What would be the next step in diagnosis?
If it's any help, I have McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0i running at all times, but McAfee was running in September too and I had no problem.
What would help diagnose this? Would AMPstart be of any help?