title: XAMPP windows 7 - Apache shutdown unexpectedly... suddenly, and I do not wyy
body: <p>I have on my laptop installed XAMPP. It was running for years… (v3.1.x, not the latest version) No problem at all.
  Suddenly saterday evening I try to start the appache server by xampp control panel and I get the next error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>19:33:25  [Apache]  Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
  19:33:25  [Apache]  This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,  
  19:33:25  [Apache]  improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method   
  19:33:25  [Apache]  Press the Logs button to view error logs and check  
  19:33:25  [Apache]  the Windows Event Viewer for more clues  
  19:33:25  [Apache]  If you need more help, copy and post this  
  19:33:25  [Apache]  entire log window on the forums
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have been googling and searching.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I have Skype already disabled port 80/443 at the time I have<br>
  installed Skype
  
  <ul>
  <li>I have changed httpd.conf; Listen 8080 in stead of 80; Listen 4433 in    stead of 443</li>
  <li>I have also been searching who is using port 80 by Netstat xampp    panel. I do not see any PID process with porth 80</li>
  <li>I have activate “show debub information”, but I don’t see information of an error.</li>
  <li>There is nothing written in the error.log.  When it happen it was 5-12-2015 and I the last lines in the error logs are from
  3-12-2015.</li>
  <li>I have downloaded the latest XAMPP version (zip), unzipped first put    it in a different directory. Same error</li>
  <li>I have tried to look in the windows event viewer but I couldn't find anything or I'm not looking in the good log item in windows</li>
  <li>I have done all these command with the cmd:</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>net stop http
  netstat –abno
  netstat -abno | find ":80"
  netstat -abno | find ":443"
  netstat -a –b
  netstat –ano</p>
  
  <p>Not a result that port 80 is used. So it seems to me that it is <strong>NOT</strong> a port issue.</p>
  
  <p>It is on window 7 system, bitdefender total security 2015, wich is already installed in july of this year.
  I download always the XAMPP zip version and start xampp always by the control panel not as a service.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Has anybody an idea what has happen or what could be happen?</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have also read these links
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18300377/xampp-apache-error-apache-shutdown-unexpectedly">XAMPP, Apache - Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly</a>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18300377/xampp-apache-error-apache-shutdown-unexpectedly">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/788348/how-do-i-free-my-port-80-on-localhost-windows</a>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18300377/xampp-apache-error-apache-shutdown-unexpectedly">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14245474/apache-wont-run-in-xampp</a></p>