Apache is not running from XAMPP Control Panel ( Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly. This may be due to a blocked port)

Question

I have installed XAMPP (xampp-win32-1.8.2-0-VC9-installer.exe) on Windows 7 successfully. But unfortunately, the following error was found during running Apache from XAMPP C

Answer 1

Using XAMPP for laravel development currently.

I have skype installed on my desktop, which blocks port 80 and 443 (both of which Apache uses)

This fix worked for me:

1) Under C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf , search for Listen 80 and change to Listen 81

2) Under C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf, search for Listen 443 and change to Listen 444