I've installed Xampp because the Apache module that I installed earlier won't let me use curl. However, I get these errors as a result and I can't start apache from xampp:
10:47:30 AM [main] All prerequisites found
10:47:30 AM [main] Initializing Modules
10:47:30 AM [Apache] Apache Service detected with wrong path
10:47:30 AM [Apache] Change XAMPP Apache and Control Panel settings or
10:47:30 AM [Apache] Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
10:47:30 AM [Apache] Found Path: "C:\Apache24\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
10:47:30 AM [Apache] Expected Path: "c:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
10:47:30 AM [main] Starting Check-Timer
10:47:30 AM [main] Control Panel Ready
I tried adding the C:\xampp\apache\bin directory to the path and commented out the line that refers to the port used by the original Apache module (C:\Apache24\bin\httpd.conf):
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, instead of the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses.
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
#Listen 80
Here are my path variables:
C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static; C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\PHP;C:\PHP\ext;C:\Apache24\bin;C:\xampp\apache\bin;C:\Ruby193\bin;C:\xampp\apache\bin"
I don't think it's gonna help me solve the problem but should I remove the original Apache directory from the path to solve this?
You need to un-install everything given from xampp previous installation. And why is there an Apache folder in the c:\ drive? Everything controlled by xampp will reside on c:\xampp directory. It contains mysql, php, ftp, apache and the entire bundle of software in xampp folder.
Delete everything with the apache un-install tool first. If its not found, do it manually, make sure apache is turned off so you don't get permission error when deleting. Then clear your path vars relating to apache and other xampp software components.
Also run xampp un-install program, it will clean up your previous installation residue including settings. (Double check the c:\ folder and make sure there isn't any xampp folder, if any delete before the new installation)
You don't need to reboot your pc. Run the xampp installer again, you should be good to go considering you've un-installed previous stand alone Apache installation and xampp un-install and none of the folders live on the c:\ drive and cleared your settings before the new installation.