Re: [users@httpd] Apache on WinXP won't startup

[Suzy <suzys_2002@xxxxxxxxx>]

Please see below for a copy of what I did.  Is this right?

 

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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>CHDIR C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\bin

C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\bin>apache -k stop
'apache' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

 

C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\bin>NET STOP APACHE
The Apache service is not started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3521.

C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\bin>DIR
 Volume in drive C is 50 Gig HDD
 Directory of C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\bin

12/08/2005  11:51    <DIR>          .
12/08/2005  11:51    <DIR>          ..
28/10/2004  07:31             8,982 dbmmanage.pl
28/10/2004  07:27            20,555 htdigest.exe
28/10/2004  07:27            36,939 htpasswd.exe
28/10/2004  07:27            16,461 logresolve.exe
31/03/2005  02:52         3,502,136 php5ts.dll
28/10/2004  07:27            24,653 rotatelogs.exe
               6 File(s)      3,609,726 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  35,143,290,880 bytes free

C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\bin>

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John Hicks <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Are you sure you were in the apache/bin directory when you did this?
Do a directory listing and show us the results.

John

Suzy wrote:
> Hi
>
> I tried this, but the apache -k stop command isn't being recognised:
> "Apache is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable
> program or batch file." I've tried all kinds of combinations of spaces,
> speech marks and capitals, etc.
>
> Also I only have two log files within Apache: Access and Error and both
> of these are empty. Or did you mean something else?
>
> Suzy
>
>
> */"Wagner, Aaron" /* wrote:
>
> ok,
>
> Go to your apache/bin folder and type "apache -k stop" and wait for
> it to stop. then run "apache -k start" and see what errors you are< BR>> getting. Also check the event log for apache service errors.
>
>
> Thanx
> Aaron N Wagner
> Monitoring Systems and Network Tools
> CCO-Command Center Operations
> 804.515.6298
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Suzy [mailto:suzys_2002@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2005 11:13 AM
> *To:* users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* RE: [users@httpd] Apache on WinXP won't startup
>
> Hi Aaron
> Thanks very much for the reply. Okay I checked my services and
> Apache is there and it's set to start up automatically. Which
> it isn't.
> Suzy
>
> */"Wagner, Aaron" /* wrote:
>
> You probably have not installed apache as a service yet. Go
> into you services and see if it's listed. If not, go to
> your Apache/bin folder and type "apache -k install" and that
> will install is as a service and then run "apache -k start"
>
>
>
> Thanx
> Aaron N Wagner
> Monitoring Systems and Network Tools
> CCO-Command Center Operations
> 804.515.6298
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Suzy [mailto:suzys_2002@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2005 10:55 AM
> *To:* users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [users@httpd] Apache on WinXP won't startup
>
> Dear all
>
> Okay I'm an Apache virgin and I have just installed
> Apache version 1.3.33 on Windows XP Home
> edition. Then configured the conf/httpd file for PHP.
> All seemed to go smoothly, I just ran the vanilla
> installation.
>
> I then tried to start it through my cmd prompt with NET
> START Apache, but nothing doing and there are no errors
> reported.
>
> I don't think I have any other personal web servers
> running on this machine.
>
> Can you help?
>
> Thanks
> Suzy
>
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