Newbie for this type of install,
I am using a win 7 home 64 bit
xampp version 7.1.9
installed in C:/xampp
This is the copy of what the control panel says before the error (missing.dll file):
5:50:12 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
5:50:12 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
5:50:12 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 7.1.9
5:50:12 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.2 [ Compiled: Nov 12th 2015 ]
5:50:12 PM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
5:50:12 PM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
5:50:12 PM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
5:50:12 PM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
5:50:12 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
5:50:12 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
5:50:12 PM [main] All prerequisites found
5:50:12 PM [main] Initializing Modules
5:50:12 PM [mysql] XAMPP MySQL is already running on port 3306
5:50:12 PM [filezilla] XAMPP FileZilla is already running on port 21
5:50:12 PM [filezilla] XAMPP FileZilla is already running on port 14147
5:50:12 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "Apache"
5:50:12 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "MySQL"
5:50:12 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "FileZilla"
5:50:12 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "Tomcat"
5:50:12 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
5:50:12 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
5:50:13 PM [Apache] Autostart active: starting...
5:50:13 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
5:50:13 PM [mysql] Autostart aborted: MySQL is already running
5:50:13 PM [filezilla] Autostart aborted: FileZilla is already running
5:50:13 PM [Tomcat] Autostart active: starting...
5:50:13 PM [Tomcat] Attempting to start Tomcat app...
5:50:13 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
5:50:17 PM [Tomcat] Tomcat Started/Stopped with errors, return code: 1
5:50:17 PM [Tomcat] Make sure you have Java JDK or JRE installed and the required ports are free
5:50:17 PM [Tomcat] Check the "/xampp/tomcat/logs" folder for more information
5:50:17 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
5:50:17 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
5:50:17 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
5:50:17 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
5:50:17 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
5:50:17 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
5:50:17 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
5:50:17 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums