Apache shutdown unexpectedly

Question

I am using XAMPPS to host PHP files from my machine. I have recently installed XAMPPs but I am unable to start Apache service as port 80 is in use by PID 4 - NT Kernel &

Answer 1

In my situation I had moved the htdocs to a new location updated in httpd.conf, which worked fine. I then received the same error after updating the httpd-vhost.conf file.

I found that the error was caused by a typo in the vhost configuration file. Previously I changed all "DocumentRoot" ’s to the new htdocs location, but had forgot to update the new location for "ErrorLog". After correcting the missing path, Apache was running smooth again.