XAMPP Apache Server on Windows 7 not working

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I recently installed XAMPP on my laptop. It installed correctly but the Apache web server won't start – it's a problem with port 80.

It's not caused by Skype, because I don't have it installed. I went through the process of looking for the process ID etc and found it was a system process; when I stopped it the computer crashed.

How do I get the Apache server to work on port 80?

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Thanks guys - it was IIS that was running on port 80. I hadn't even installed it so I assume it came with Windows.

I typed in IIS in the search bar, opened it, then stopped everything and now it's working fine. I think it would have been easier if the process could have been called IIS or something similar as opposed to System which is no help at all. Anyway thanks for solving the problem.

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Http://localhost:8080 is not working on running apacher Server through XAMPP

In general, messing with the ports that your operating system is using just seems like a bad idea. You’ll end up with weird network issues like when trying to print.

In addition, for me having two web servers (IIS running locally for .NET projects) listening on different ports was important.

The best situation was to simply change the IP Port that Apache listens on (the default is port 80, which is the standard for all web traffic).

I changed mine to port 8666 (but it could be anything above 1024). I did the following:

Locate the httpd.conf file in the following directory

[install directory]\xampp\apache\conf

(mine was in, C:\xampp\apache\conf)
Find the line that says, "Listen 80"
Change it to "Listen 8666"
Save and Close the file
Start or restart the Apache service in the XAMPP control panel.

Life should be good.

The only catch to this method is that you can’t just go to http://localhost/xampp any more. You have to tell your browser which port specifically to use (it will by default use 80), so you will have to use http://localhost:8666/xampp/ (the port is designated by the colon and then the number).

The cool thing is I can run http://localhost:8666 to run Apache and http://localhost:8616 to run my local IIS for .NET projects.

Note: XAMPP install path must NOT have special characters in it. Spaces are allowed, parentheses are NOT allowed. Other special characters have to be tested. Apache will not start if the XAMPP install path contains special characters such as parentheses.

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