Xampp apache not works in windows 7 64 bit

Question

I really stuck in weird problem. today morning apache is not running in my system , it was working great before.

i read all the article regarding that and applied various way to start apache, but no success.

i just want to know that does windows 7 ( 64 bit ) does not support apache or m i missing somethning??

my xammp version is 1.7.2

i have clicked from c:/xampp/apache_start.bat but ..this one display

Now we start Apache
Starting "apache"...
Error while starting "C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
"apache" is not started.
Press any key to continue . . .

Please help me out

Answer 1

View the Apache error logfile (located in C:\xampp\apache\logs) for details about the start-up failure.

Answer 2

XAMPP definitely does work on Windows 7 64-bit. The 32-bit versions of Apache and MySQL will run fine on Windows 7 64-bit. Sometimes other programs, such as Skype will take port 80 and prevent apache from starting. Check to see that port 80 and 8080 are not taken already before you start XAMPP: "netstat -an" . If they are taken, you can change the apache port in the httpd.conf file.