Cannot connect to Apache Server using XAMPP

Question

Recently, I installed XAMPP Control Panel to do PHP project. But it does not allow to connect to Apache server. It gives following error message in XAMPP Control Panel.

My laptop has Window 10 and have Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2015 and Skype installed.

Screenshot of XAMPP Control Panel which gives error when try to connect to Apache Server.

Answer 1

Try changing the port of either of the one (skype or apache). Follow these links to do so:

• Change Skype's port: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23928017/8840862
• Change Apache's Port: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17127428/8840862

If still you find any issue, feel free to comment.