I am using Windows7 and XAMPP 1.7.3(it's 32bit but says it works on 64). When I click on start Apache nothing happens but beneath it is written:
"Busy…. Apache Service started"
But the green running text does not appear
Port 80 in Skype is disabled. I do not have IIS on my computer.
When I tried to start the Apache 2.2 service from the control panel, it throws an alert box stating it's a service specific error code 1.
Someone said change Listen 80 to 85 in the httpd.conf file. This didn't work. When I tried to start the Apache 2.2 service from the control panel, it throws an alert box stating it's a service specific error code 1.
How can I solve this?
Best Answer
I had the same problem on Windows 7 64. I did install XAMPP to the 'program files' folder though. I thought I had set the permissions correctly for the xampp foldder afterwards but Apache would not start. To be certain that this was not related to the install being in the 'program files' directory I heeded the advice given above and reinstalled to c:\xampp. That did it. For me XAMPP worked when installed outside of the 'program files' dir.