Apache won't start

[jord97]

Here is my error log - would really appreciate some help. Thanks in advance.

[Thu Aug 13 19:08:43.155799 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 3356:tid 428] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 13 19:08:43.198151 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 3356:tid 428] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Thu Aug 13 19:08:43.200146 2020] [:emerg] [pid 3356:tid 428] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting
[Thu Aug 13 19:10:59.429347 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 16040:tid 188] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 13 19:10:59.474229 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 16040:tid 188] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Thu Aug 13 19:10:59.476187 2020] [:emerg] [pid 16040:tid 188] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting
[Thu Aug 13 19:11:59.888552 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 12460:tid 664] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 13 19:11:59.928194 2020] [core:warn] [pid 12460:tid 664] AH00098: pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Thu Aug 13 19:11:59.930187 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 12460:tid 664] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Thu Aug 13 19:11:59.931184 2020] [:emerg] [pid 12460:tid 664] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:34.123816 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 11376:tid 156] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:34.167502 2020] [core:warn] [pid 11376:tid 156] AH00098: pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:34.171530 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 11376:tid 156] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:34.174485 2020] [:emerg] [pid 11376:tid 156] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:40.099624 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 10668:tid 648] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:40.141632 2020] [core:warn] [pid 10668:tid 648] AH00098: pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:40.143627 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 10668:tid 648] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Thu Aug 13 19:12:40.144624 2020] [:emerg] [pid 10668:tid 648] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting
[Thu Aug 13 19:13:21.900224 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 16728:tid 640] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 13 19:13:21.946101 2020] [core:warn] [pid 16728:tid 640] AH00098: pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Thu Aug 13 19:13:21.948095 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 16728:tid 640] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Thu Aug 13 19:13:21.949093 2020] [:emerg] [pid 16728:tid 640] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting
[Thu Aug 13 19:19:43.039132 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 14332:tid 608] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 13 19:19:43.092218 2020] [core:warn] [pid 14332:tid 608] AH00098: pid file C:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Thu Aug 13 19:19:43.094267 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 14332:tid 608] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Thu Aug 13 19:19:43.096249 2020] [:emerg] [pid 14332:tid 608] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting

[Altrea]

Download and install the Visual C++ Download for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019 (x64) from here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hel ... -downloads

[Andrea.Murnik]

I want to thank for this solution, that solved a problem that I tried to solve for the whole day.
It happened to me too, that Apaches didn't want to start and this happened in the exact moment, when the last Windows 10 upgrade was installed.
I'm not an expert at all, but I have a curiosity: it was Windows 10 release to delete the Visual Studio files? I'm sure that I installed them months ago.
Thanks again.

[Andrea.Murnik]

Unfortunately yesterday it looked to work, but this morning the problem came back.

My log is
[Tue Sep 15 13:05:09.974545 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 14492:tid 552] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Tue Sep 15 13:05:10.184768 2020] [core:warn] [pid 14492:tid 552] AH00098: pid file D:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Tue Sep 15 13:05:10.190752 2020] [ssl:warn] [pid 14492:tid 552] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0
[Tue Sep 15 13:05:10.196747 2020] [:emerg] [pid 14492:tid 552] AH00020: Configuration Failed, exiting

Yesterday the problem disappeared, when I launched vcredist_x86.exe
Now is still there, even with vcredist_x86.exe launched and Visual C++ installed (also with vs_community__1891293359.1600166087.exe)

Also MySql doesn't start anymore.

Changing doors didn't help at all.

[Andrea.Murnik]

Well, my last intervention, just to say that it was (hopefully defintively, after 36 hours of investigations)
SOLVED!
I simply uninstalled XAMPP for PhP 7.4 and installed the version for 7.2.
Now everything is working. Just the XAMPP control panel must be started as administrator, otherwise is unable to quit, doe to some file that doesn't find. But, sorry, let me enjoy the moment and forget this last thing.
I hope that these notes can be helpful for the XAMPP developers. I am quite not a technician, so forgive me if I was not precise in my descriptions, but my 35 years long experience with developing Web applications for mamaging databases tought me some brute practices. )))
Finally, more and more I suspect that's all depending by compatibility with the Windows releases. My XAMPP was working perfectly weeks long and stopped exactly in the moment when the last release was installed.

[Altrea]

PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0

This message is still a hint that the needed visual c++ runtime is missing.

Yesterday the problem disappeared, when I launched vcredist_x86.exe

This cannot be true because this is the wrong Visual C++ runtime. You need the x64 version.