Windows – xamp not able to install on windows 8

apache-http-serverwindows 8xampp

I am having errors while Installing Xamp 32 bit packages on 64 bit windows 8.1

(I could not get 64 bit downloads for windows 8 from Xampp page https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/7.2.9/)

I installed Xampp in G:\software installations\xamp

visual c++ 2008 redistributable complaint:

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apache port 443 error:

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what is solution for these errors? how to fix them?

Microsoft visual C++ all redistributable are properly there in the system.
You can see this snapshot.

microsoft all re distributables present:

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There was one more error the UAC error

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Best Answer

Below are possible solutions to the two problems.

Port 443 in use problem

See the post How to stop VMware port error of 443 on XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.1 for several solutions.

The easiest solution would be to :

  • In VMware Workstation Server open the menu Edit > Preferences
  • Click Shared VMs
  • Click Disable Sharing
  • Change port
  • Click Enable Sharing

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Visual C++ 2008 redistributable missing

I have no explanation for that. You may find a newer XAMPP version 7.2.10 / PHP 7.2.10 in the site Apache Friends, which might work better.

Ensure first that the existing version is uninstalled and the target folder is empty (if not then delete all files in it).

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