Izzy wrote:qbjj07 wrote:I did use the control panel.
Apache and MySQL both show running in green, but I couldn't find either in the task manager anywhere.
If they are not in the Processes tab of the Task Manager then they are not running.
Try stopping them in the XCP till the green running goes away.
Now go to the xampp folder and double click on the
apache_start.bat and paste any error messages here.
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To copy and paste from a console window click on the little icon to left of the window titlw bar and the click on the Edit item - the mark and copy are located in there then just paste the results in the forum reply box).
"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.exe: Syntax error on line 42 of C:/xampp/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf: Se
rverRoot must be a valid directory
Apache konnte nicht gestartet werden
Apache could not be started
Press any key to continue . . ."