I had turned off IIS before I install XAMPP on WINDOW 8.1 , but there was still many installation problem, see below
12:25:29 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
12:25:29 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 64-bit
12:25:29 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 5.6.11
12:25:29 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
12:25:29 PM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
12:25:29 PM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
12:25:29 PM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
12:25:29 PM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
[/color]12:25:29 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
12:25:29 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
12:25:31 PM [main] All prerequisites found
12:25:31 PM [main] Initializing Modules
12:25:31 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:25:31 PM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 3180!
12:25:31 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:25:31 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:25:31 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:25:31 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:25:31 PM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 3180!
12:25:31 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:25:31 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:25:31 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:25:31 PM [Tomcat] Problem detected!
12:25:31 PM [Tomcat] Port 8080 in use by "C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Bin\rpdsvc.exe"!
12:25:31 PM [Tomcat] Tomcat WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:25:31 PM [Tomcat] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:25:31 PM [Tomcat] or reconfigure Tomcat and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:25:31 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
12:25:31 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 3180!
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:25:42 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:25:42 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 3180!
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:25:42 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:25:42 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
12:25:42 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
12:25:43 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
12:25:43 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
12:25:43 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
12:25:43 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
12:25:43 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
12:25:43 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
12:25:43 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
12:25:43 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
12:25:51 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
12:25:51 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 3180!
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:26:02 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:26:02 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 3180!
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:26:02 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:26:02 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
12:26:02 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
12:26:03 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
12:26:03 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
12:26:03 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
12:26:03 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
12:26:03 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
12:26:03 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
12:26:03 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
12:26:03 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
I have done the following 2 stps successfully, but the hppt://localhost
1, At the command prompt, enter this command:
netsh http add iplisten ipaddress=::
2, Open the file C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add the following line to it. Then, save the file.
127.0.0.1 localhost