Need help with xampp configuration

Databases
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Hi guys, my xampp has been useless for weeks & You have always led me
back on the path & I thank you in advance. I was determined to conquer this own but all this trial error & reading hundreds of posts I haven’t
quite made it.
here is the message at the bottom of the control panel
before startup of the server:

8:23:18 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
8:23:18 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
8:23:18 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.1
8:23:18 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.1.0 Beta 6 [ Compiled: September 20th 2012 ]
8:23:18 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
8:23:18 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: “c:\xampp\”
8:23:18 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
8:23:19 PM [main] All prerequisites found
8:23:19 PM [main] Initializing Modules
8:23:19 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
8:23:19 PM [main] Control Panel Ready

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here is the error log:

Digest: generating secret for digest authentication …
[Sat Apr 13 19:11:29 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Sat Apr 13 19:11:30 2013] [notice] Child 5740: Child process is running
Sat Apr 13 19:11:30 2013] [notice] Child 5740: Acquired the start mutex.
[Sat Apr 13 19:11:30 2013] [notice] Child 5740: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Sat Apr 13 19:11:30 2013] [notice] Child 5740: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Sat Apr 13 19:11:30 2013] [notice] Child 5740: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Sat Apr 13 19:11:30 2013] [notice] Child 5740: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Sat Apr 13 19:11:30 2013] [notice] Child 5740: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

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and this display when I click on the services. mysql stays on and apache
shuts off immediatey:

8:28:56 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
8:28:56 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
8:28:56 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.1
8:28:56 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.1.0 Beta 6 [ Compiled: September 20th 2012 ]
8:28:56 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
8:28:56 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: “c:\xampp\”
8:28:56 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
8:28:56 PM [main] All prerequisites found
8:28:56 PM [main] Initializing Modules
8:28:56 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
8:28:56 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
8:29:23 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app…
8:29:24 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
8:29:24 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app…
8:29:25 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
8:29:27 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
8:29:27 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
8:29:27 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
8:29:27 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
8:29:27 PM [Apache] Check the “/xampp/apache/logs/error.log” file
8:29:27 PM [Apache] and the Windows Event Viewer for more clues

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8:29:27 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,

Question is do you have IIS also running ? AS it uses port 80 also and might cause a conflict, same goes with MySQL using port 3306 ( I think )

Each service has to have a unique ( non conflicting ) port, else xampp crashes.

To solve it, in the httpd.conf file, change the following lines

#Listen 0.0.0.0:80
#Listen [::]:80
Listen 80
ServerName localhost:80

Change 80 to some free port, e.g. I use 8071 and don’t forget to open the port in your windows firewall.

Good luck

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[QUOTE=ckdoublenecks;5502331][/QUOTE]
many thanks , I already tried your suggestion without result.My current situation is: all ports are free
Both apache and mysql show “Running” green, I can create, edit databases and tables but can’t import or export them
and worse I have the same problem as before I reinstalled Xampp - executing PHP only produces code. Any thoughts.?
I have current documentation

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Use TCPview to find out which application is using the local ports that apache and MySQL need.