Izzy wrote:What OS are you using?
Then if you still have trouble starting Apache then double click on the xampp\apache_start.bat file and it may tell what is wrong by sending back an informative error message.
BTW - sc is an acceptable abbreviation for sc.exe Windows Service Controller and will delete any stray services that won't shut down by any normal means, among other services commands.
Microsoft explains the Service Controller Commands here.
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Princess_lulu wrote:...i have open xampp\apache_start.bat and it said that ServerROot mmust be a valit directory" and it was in my httpd.conf file...
what should i do
i'm using windows xp sp2
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# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path. If you point
# ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile directive
# at a local disk. If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for multiple
# httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
#
ServerRoot "C:/xampp/apache"
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