XAMPP Not Working in Windows 10

Hi:

Yesterday I installed Windows 10 on my computer (Inspiron N5110, BIOS A11) and most things are working fine. XAMPP (Apache) however, refuses to start.

The error message I get is the following:

Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
8:19:51 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
8:19:51 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
8:19:51 PM [Apache] Check the "/xampp/apache/logs/error.log" file
8:19:51 PM [Apache] and the Windows Event Viewer for more clues

Any suggestions on how to fix that glitch?

Thank you for your attention

I don't know.

I'd do what it says:
Check the "/xampp/apache/logs/error.log" file and the Windows Event Viewer for more clues

Then I'd try to find an XAMPP support forum and see if anyone else has had the same issues there. Please post back here when you find the solution.

Ray:

Thanks for your reply.

I had already browsed intensely around the Net before initiating this tread, but this morning I did come around the following solution:

Step 1 - From XAMPP Control Panel, under Apache, click the Config button, and select the Apache (httpd.conf).

Inside the httpd.conf file, find the line that says:
Listen 80
And change the 80 into any number / port you want, for example 8080.
Listen 8080
Still from the httpd.conf file, there is another line that says:
ServerName localhost:80

And change 80 to 8080.

ServerName localhost:8080

Step 2 - From XAMPP Control Panel, under Apache, click the Config button again, but this time select the Apache (httpd-ssl.conf). Inside the httpd-ssl.conf file, find line that says
Listen 443
And change the 443 into any number / port you want. Foe example 4433 as the new port number.
Listen 4433
Still from the httpd-ssl.conf file, find another line that says
<VirtualHost _default_:443>

ServerName localhost:443
And change 443 to 4433.
<VirtualHost _default_:4433>

ServerName localhost:4433

Remember to save httpd.conf file and httpd-ssl.conf after you make some changes. Then restart the Apache service.

XAMPP (Apache) is now running fine.

Ray:

Actually, changing the port number from 80 to 8080 does allow XAMPP Apache to start, but it doesn’t allow for http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ to open, nor for any DW page to open either.

The only other way out I have found is to disable the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3svc), which is the Windows 10 service that uses port 80. This action might have some consequences later on, but I’ll deal with those as (and if) they arise.

In the meantime, XAMPP is working normally.

Since the introduction of Windows 10 many programs no longer work so get used to it.
In regards to xampp, it is as simple as using a pre-Bitnamy version such a 4.7.3 which you can find at sourceforge.net. After trying everything I could find on the web I decided to just get the older version.
Xampp and Wordpress were working on my PC within 20 minutes and still going strong.
Hope this helps.

I solved this problem a few weeks ago. I just got rid of Avast! and now everything works fine.

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