How do I free my port 80 on localhost Windows?

Question

I installed XAMPP 1.6.8 and for some reason it didn\'t work. Later realized port 80 is not free or not listening. How can I release it or make it free?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

For me, this problem began when I hosted a VPN-connection on my Windows 8 computer.

Simply deleting the connection from "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections" solved the problem.