Port 80 in use by "system"!
What to do if you get the “Port 80 in use by
"system"!” error on starting up the XAMPP control panel?
8:40:19
AM [Apache] Problem detected!
8:40:19
AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "system"!
8:40:19
AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
8:40:19
AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
8:40:19 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache to listen on a
different port
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| port 80 in use by system |
- Go to Run prompt i.e. Start>>Run or Search Programs and Files edit box.
- Type “Services.msc” over there and press enter key.
- Search for “World Wide Web Publishing Service” service.
- Check if the Service is showing Status as “Started”.
- Right click over there i.e. on service itself.
- Click on Stop and let the service be stopped.
- Go to XAMPP control panel and click on Quit button.
- Open the xampp-control
- Problem is solved for "Port 80 in use by "system"! "and you will see the following message.
8:53:07
AM [main] XAMPP
Version: 1.8.1
8:53:07
AM [main] Control
Panel Version: 3.1.0 3.1.0 [ Compiled: September 20th 2012 ]
8:53:07
AM [main] Running
with Administrator rights - good!
8:53:07
AM [main] XAMPP
Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
8:53:07
AM [main] Checking
for prerequisites
8:53:08
AM [main] All
prerequisites found
8:53:08 AM [main] Initializing
Modules
Port 80 in use by "system"!
Port 80 in use by "system"!
