I have similar problem in Windows 8 and the process name for PID 4 is System.
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D'oh!
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12:03:01 AM [main] Initializing Control Panel
12:03:01 AM [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 64-bit
12:03:01 AM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.3
12:03:01 AM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
12:03:01 AM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
12:03:01 AM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
12:03:01 AM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
12:03:01 AM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
12:03:01 AM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
12:03:01 AM [main] Checking for prerequisites
12:03:02 AM [main] All prerequisites found
12:03:02 AM [main] Initializing Modules
12:03:02 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:03:02 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
12:03:02 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:03:02 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:03:02 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:03:02 AM [main] Starting Check-Timer
12:03:02 AM [main] Control Panel Ready
I tried using CMD
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net stop was
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12:05:22 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
12:05:22 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 64-bit
12:05:22 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.3
12:05:22 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
12:05:22 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
12:05:22 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
12:05:22 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
12:05:25 PM [main] All prerequisites found
12:05:25 PM [main] Initializing Modules
12:05:25 PM [mysql] XAMPP MySQL Service is already running on port 3306
12:05:25 PM [filezilla] XAMPP FileZilla Service is already running on port 21
12:05:25 PM [filezilla] XAMPP FileZilla Service is already running on port 14147
12:05:25 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
12:05:25 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
12:05:34 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache service...
12:05:36 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
12:05:37 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
12:05:37 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
12:05:37 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
12:05:37 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
12:05:37 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
12:05:37 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
12:05:37 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
12:05:37 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
I've been stuck for five days and not sure which solution to follow in the internet because I don't understand what the solutions actually do. I afraid it will make XAMPP become unstable.
Thx,
Atam