I have installed XAMPP 1.8.1. on my Windows 8 64bit machine. I'm now facing a problem with ports. This is what I got from XAMPP Control Panel:
11:52:43 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
11:52:43 AM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "c:\windows\syswow64\wwahost.exe"!
11:52:43 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
11:52:43 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
11:52:43 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache to listen on a different port
11:52:43 AM [Apache] Problem detected!
11:52:43 AM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "c:\windows\syswow64\wwahost.exe"!
11:52:43 AM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
11:52:43 AM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
11:52:43 AM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache to listen on a different port
WWAHost.exe is needed for Metro Apps (wwahost.exe) so I don't know which is safer, change WWAHost.exe's ports or change Apache's ports? How would I accomplish this?
EDIT 2013/01/16: I've reinstalled W8 and Apache server. Apache is now using port 80. Before installing Apache server I've removed almost all Metro/Modern UI Apps.
Win + R -> services.msc
if there is no need for it. Changing the port of Apache can be done inC:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\httpd.conf
: ChangeListen 80
toListen 8080
or anything else.