php_percolate Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I am just starting and have "successfully" downloaded XAMPP using the instructions from Appendix A. I am having a challenge starting Apache from the Conrol Panel. The following screen shot offers clues ... http://webskillswork.com/images/apache_xampp.png My read on the problem I need to solve ... Port 80 in use by "system"! Any and all advice as to how to resolve this conflict is appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Hmmm... never seen that before. I've never seen the red Xs in the Services column either. All the same, it sounds like a port conflict, meaning that you'll have to change the port for one of the two programs trying to use it. The following might be of assistance: http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=116257 In general, if you do a Web search for "XAMPP port 80 in use" (without the quotes), you'll probably find an answer. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php_percolate Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 @HartleySan -- Thanks for the link. I used the following instructions to change the port ... 1. locate httpd.conf, example is D:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf look for words “Listen 80″ and change into “Listen 8080″ look for words “ServerName localhost:80″ and change into “ServerName localhost:8080″ Save the file 2. locate httpd-ssl.conf, example is D:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf look for words ““Listen 443″ and change into ““Listen 4499″ look for words “<VirtualHost _default_:443>″ and change into “<VirtualHost _default_:4499>″ look for words “ServerName localhost:443″ and change into “ServerName localhost:4499″ Save the file 3. then start the XAMPP control panel, should be worked, 4. if you want to access localhost, the new link is localhost:8080/, example you want open phpmyadmin, then http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/ My localhost is now ... http://localhost:8080/ ... which is fine with me. I'm up and running!! Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Good to hear. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Kudos for figuring it out and thanks for sharing that solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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