Can't run Apache

[Salsj]

Hello,
I'm very new to this, I just installed XAMPP v3.2.1 to start php & mysql code writing. However, it won't work. It shows the following message:

5:58:13 AM [main] Initializing Control Panel
5:58:13 AM [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 32-bit
5:58:13 AM [main] XAMPP Version: 5.6.14
5:58:13 AM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
5:58:13 AM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
5:58:13 AM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
5:58:13 AM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
5:58:13 AM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
5:58:13 AM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
5:58:13 AM [main] Checking for prerequisites
5:58:14 AM [main] All prerequisites found
5:58:14 AM [main] Initializing Modules
5:58:14 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:58:14 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:58:14 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:58:14 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:58:14 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:58:14 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:58:14 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:58:14 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:58:14 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:58:14 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:58:14 AM [main] Starting Check-Timer
5:58:14 AM [main] Control Panel Ready
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:58:22 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:58:22 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:58:22 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:58:22 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Status change detected: running
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
5:58:22 AM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
5:58:22 AM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
5:58:22 AM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
5:58:22 AM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
5:58:22 AM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
5:58:22 AM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:58:25 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:58:25 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:58:25 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:58:25 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
5:58:25 AM [Apache] Status change detected: running
5:58:26 AM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
5:58:26 AM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
5:58:26 AM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
5:58:26 AM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
5:58:26 AM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
5:58:26 AM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
5:58:26 AM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
5:58:26 AM [Apache] entire log window on the forums
5:58:29 AM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
5:58:30 AM [mysql] Status change detected: running
5:58:39 AM [filezilla] Attempting to start FileZilla app...
5:58:39 AM [filezilla] Status change detected: running
5:58:40 AM [filezilla] Attempting to stop FileZilla app...
5:58:41 AM [filezilla] Status change detected: stopped
5:59:17 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:59:17 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:59:17 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:59:17 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:59:17 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:59:17 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
5:59:17 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!
5:59:17 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
5:59:17 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
5:59:17 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
5:59:17 AM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...

Any kind of help is much appreciated!

[Nobbie]

These are the main problems:

5:58:14 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!

and

5:58:14 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4668!

Find out, which programm runs with ProcessID (= PID) 4668 and configure that program not to use Port 80 & 443. It also happens, that users try to start Apache twice (they start it, even it already has started), this leads to the same error message.

[Salsj]

and How can I do that?

[Altrea]

With help of the netstat button in your control panel for example

[Salsj]

Any code examples?

[Altrea]

There is no code.
Netstat is a little helper program which can get started in the control panel.

[Salsj]

Nothing in the control Panel. However, when I type Netstat in CMD, it shows different active connections, but then I don't know where to go from there

[Nobbie]

and How can I do that?

As already said, a simple click on the "Netstat" button, or simply start the Windows Taskmanager.

[Altrea]

[Salsj]

Thanks for the pic, I opened netstat, but It's just a display menu. When I clicked on the items nothing happened

[Altrea]

Don't expect that something happens, search the process with the PID 4668 or the processes capturing ports 80 and 443.

[Salsj]

After I find them, what's the next step?

[Altrea]

Depending on what process it is there are different solving strategies.

[Salsj]

That's what I got :

Address port pid name
0.0.0.0 80 4668 httpd.exe
0.0.0.0 443 4668 httpd.exe

[Altrea]

Thats great. Seems like Apache is already started.
Maybe this is already the Apache shipped with XAMPP.

Please close your control panel and restart it with elevated administration rights (rightclick -> run as administrator)
And tell us what the log window outputs