Hi, I am installing xampp 1.8.2 for windows. My OS is win7. When installation is successfully done, I tried to start apache. But it says: 12:51:25 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app... 12:51:26 [Apache] Status change detected: running 12:51:27 [Apache] Status change detected: stopped 12:51:27 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly. 12:51:27 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 12:51:27 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 12:51:27 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 12:51:27 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 12:51:27 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this 12:51:27 [Apache] entire log window on the forums Could anyone help me to fix it? Thank you. The following is the apache error log: Installing Apache HTTP Server 2.x with DomainName = example.com ServerName = www.example.com ServerAdmin = ServerPort = 80 ServerSslPort = 443 ServerRoot = c:/Apache24 Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-default.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-default.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-ssl.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-info.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-info.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-userdir.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-mpm.conf Rewrote docs/conf/httpd.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/httpd.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/proxy-html.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/proxy-html.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-dav.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-languages.conf Rewrote docs/conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf.in to c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-manual.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-default.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-default.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-ssl.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-info.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-info.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-userdir.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-mpm.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/httpd.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/httpd.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/magic to c:/Apache24/conf/magic Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/charset.conv to c:/Apache24/conf/charset.conv Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/proxy-html.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/proxy-html.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-dav.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/mime.types to c:/Apache24/conf/mime.types Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-languages.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf Duplicated c:/Apache24/conf/original/extra/httpd-manual.conf to c:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf
If you are using the latest Skype, go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> connection. Disable the "Use port 80 and 443 for alternatives for incoming connections" Sign Out and Close all Skype windows. Try restart your Apache again.