My windows GUI app is starting apache and needs to shut it down before it exits. I have tried following the manual: ------------------------ You can tell a running Apache to stop by opening another console window and entering: httpd -k shutdown This should be preferred over pressing Control-C because this lets Apache end any current operations and clean up gracefully. ------------------------ But it does not work. Does anyone know why? I know it is better to run it as a service, but that is not an option for my usage of apache. I am NOT using the standard httpd.conf, I have also tried sending this: httpd -k shutdown -f <path to conf file> And that does not work either. Any thoughts? Sam --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx