Apache does not start in XAMPP

If you use XAMPP to run a local web server, you might have come across the problem whereby Apache will not start. You click the Start button in the XAMPP control panel, the green 'Running' message appears for a second or two, then disappears again, and Apache fails to start.It is because port 80 is being used by another application.

Solution:

1. Open up the command panel (Start > Run > Cmd) Run as Administrator

2. type the command netstat -a -no

Look for the IP as 0.0.0.0:80/127.0.0.1:80/192.168.1.100:80  and find the PID

3. Kill the Process using taskkill /f /pid PROCESSID (Eg: taskkill /f /pid 2020)

Now you can start XAMPP Apache.