Apache is currently running. Some solutions offered elsewhere on the Internet suggest typing apache -k install and then retrying apache -k restart. But if I try that, I get another error,
Only one usage of each socket is permitted.
apache -k stop gives the following error (the same as I originally got from apache -k restart),
No installed service named "Apache2"
There is a small application Apache installs, usually displayed in the system tray from where you can restart Apache.
You can restart a service with many utilities, like sc.exe, but just using the shell, use
net stop Apache2.2-Zend && net start Apache2.2-Zend
In my case, the name of the service is Apache2.2-Zend. You can check the name in services.msc.
First you must bring the command prompt to the bin of Apache folder on your computer, i.e my Apache folder is in directory C:\Apache24\.
I used command cd C:\Apache24\bin and then used command httpd -k restart to restart the Apache service.
I found another way. Using the Windows GUI, I selected Start->Programs->Administrative Tools->Services. I then searched for Apache in the running services. I did not find it. I found one called sugarApache however. I was able to restart the sugarApache using the 'Services' GUI.
For Windows Server 2008, after an automatically downloaded update and server reset our Apache server stopped. Error logs read as follows:
The Apache service named reported access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 Logged 12/10/2016 9:04:13 AM (the time the server downloaded and reset a Windows update)
Also:
The Apache service named reported the following error: no listening sockets available, shutting down. The Apache service named reported the following error: unable to open logs.
The way to fix this (because simple restart doesn't work) is to open a command prompt and type:
iireset/stop
Thereafter restart Apache by running:
services.msc
Pick Apache, and hit start.
Or you can pick any other way you want to restart Apache.
