Comments on: Getting Apache to run on port 80 on Windows 7

By: Steve Hancock

Steve Hancock — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:18:16 +0000

Apache was not working on my laptop because Skype was using port 80. Try quitting Skype to see if it fixes the problem.

By: Arihanth4

Arihanth4 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:45:35 +0000

grt.. !! i followed the steps and disabled http.sys.. Apache server is running after system reboot.. thanx…

By: haggi

haggi — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:29:41 +0000

i had the same problem starting my apache server on win 7, but it was not only port 80, but port 443 that was blocked. so i first said skype not to use port 80 and 443 as alternative ports for incoming connections. so port 80 was released, but 443 still blocked. so i tried the following (what should always work):
open cmd and type “netstat -aon” (without the quotation marks) and search for the PID that is listening to port 80 or 443. if the PID is not 4, you can easily go on, because PID 4 is the system prozess and cannot/should not be killed.
type “tasklist” in cmd and look for the PID of the task listening to port 80/443. if you don’t need it, go on by killing the prozess with the command “taskkill -pid [PID]”
i hope this one helps you running apache on win 7

By: Om tiwari

Om tiwari — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:04:47 +0000

It not working in my system. Please give me any solution. I request to all.

By: Alexander El-Kady

Alexander El-Kady — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:11:14 +0000

The solution is one..
Go to regedit.exe go at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>services>HTTP
and change,the reg_dword named “Start” ,it’s value to zero (“0″ without quotes) ,press okay.
Then restart.
THE IMPORTANT IS to open your server as fast your computer starts so port 80 is taken by apache…
It took my to find this 2days,as a summary of all the above…
I think I’ve helped

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:59:34 +0000

Thanks for this!! Was driving me crazy trying to figure this out!

By: Marvin

Marvin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:14:38 +0000

I have managed to disenable the BrancheCache servicen on windows 7 ultimate, but still apache is not running, it starts for a while and it stops..tell me what m doing wrong?

By: ismail

ismail — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:33:41 +0000

Hey, thx very much. so so much.
Turkey…

By: Tomas

Tomas — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:21:43 +0000

I just had this problem and solved it by disabling the “World Wide Web Publishing Service”. Not sure why it was started maybe something with Office.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:03:44 +0000

It starts Apache but doesn’t allow you to stop it. Also this “fix” does not address MySQL not working, just Apache.