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I was having trouble with xampp.

I uninstalled it and since I've tried reinstalling it, cannot get it to work.

My first error was that port 80 was being used. As addressed here.

Now it is telling me there are no modules installed.

I keep getting a warning about having antivirus software running, I use Avast and I can say I have had trouble with it running executables in Visual Studio. I have gone through and changed as many settings as I can instructing Avast not to scan my files, downloads, etc.

I have also stopped avast from running altogether for the install and run.

I've tried changing ports.

It's driving me nuts. I just can't get it working and it's been 2 days now.

I use windows 8 on a 64 bit os.

When I type http://localhost:80/ into the address bar it takes me to microsoft.com/web I uninstalled the software associated with the microsoft server and it, has made no difference.

I can provide more information, as required.

I can provide more details that may assist. If anyone can help. Thanks.


edit

I also followed a comprehensive 4 page guide to manually install it, provided by my Uni.

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  • I think there's other questions on the former part - it interfers with the html services needed for some applications running under modern/metro/windows store UI. Also, XAMPP is.. rather legendarily crap. You might be better off running a proper lamp stack in a VM. Not really the answer you want, but something worth thinking seriously about.
    – Journeyman Geek
    Aug 6, 2013 at 7:36
  • @JourneymanGeek oh yes yes yes I agree I detest xampp, what do you recommend to test my website for php (it's for uni and they are shoving xampp down our throats).. I have even contemplated just uploading my files to my hosted website to ttest them there.. that's how frustrated I am
    – user567048
    Aug 6, 2013 at 7:40
  • I'd just do a simple debian based VM if possible. xampp and windows 8 simply do NOT get along.
    – Journeyman Geek
    Aug 6, 2013 at 7:47
  • @JourneymanGeek pls turn your comments into an answer... as I agree with you and think it is a valid answer
    – user567048
    Aug 6, 2013 at 7:56

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Windows 8 and xampp simply do not get along A good chunk of what you would find searching for xampp windows 8 would show this. Since many metro/modernui/windows store apps are HTML based, windows 8 apparently runs a stripped down webserver.

That aside, xampp, while 'simple' uses a less secure setup tailors for ease of use, you're better off simply getting a VM host software and setting up a LAMP stack on it

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  • I need a couple of upvotes on my posts here to upvote u guys. I used all my rep on a bounty
    – user567048
    Aug 6, 2013 at 13:23
  • thnx, I have installed oracle VM
    – user567048
    Aug 6, 2013 at 13:24
  • Set XAMPP to use a different port, like 81 instead of 80! (And I can't believe that they - MS - use port 80 for this!)
    – SPRBRN
    Aug 6, 2013 at 14:47
  • They seem to. I guess no one ever, runs a web server on a desktop ;p
    – Journeyman Geek
    Aug 6, 2013 at 14:55
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  • Look in the hosts file: %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\. Make a backup of the file first! If you see microsoft.com somewhere, delete that line. (I can't imagine that the problem is this, but you can check anyway.)
  • Open Services, and try to find a webservice there. Stop it and check again.
  • Try netstat, and see what service is running on port 80.
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