XAMPP localhost error not found

Question

First I tried to start apache but got unexpected error because default port 80 is being used by another program then I tried to terminate that program with in windows command line I typed resmon.exe to find out which program is using the port 80. I found out it is PID 4 then I tried to terminate with command taskkill/ PID 4 but got this

"ERROR: The process with PID 4 could not be terminated.

Reason: Access is denied.

Secondly, I tried to change ports after and get apache running but got another problem

HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found.

It is meaning local host could not be found. I got stuck now any ideas?

Answer 1

It might be skype or windows IIS server running on your port 80

try this

1. Run cmd as Administrator
2. use C:\\>Taskkill /PID 'pid of your process' /F to kill the task