17:56:23 [main] Initializing Control Panel
17:56:23 [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 64-bit
17:56:23 [main] XAMPP Version: 5.6.8
17:56:23 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
17:56:23 [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
17:56:23 [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
17:56:23 [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
17:56:23 [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
17:56:23 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
17:56:23 [main] Checking for prerequisites
17:56:26 [main] All prerequisites found
17:56:26 [main] Initializing Modules
17:56:26 [mysql] Problem detected!
17:56:26 [mysql] Port 3306 in use by "Unable to open process"!
17:56:26 [mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
17:56:26 [mysql] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
17:56:26 [mysql] or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
17:56:26 [main] The FileZilla module is disabled
17:56:26 [main] The Mercury module is disabled
17:56:26 [Tomcat] Problem detected: Tomcat Not Found!
17:56:26 [Tomcat] Disabling Tomcat buttons
17:56:26 [Tomcat] Run this program from your XAMPP root directory!
17:56:26 [Tomcat] Problem detected: Required Tool catalina_start.bat Not Found!
17:56:26 [Tomcat] Problem detected: Required Tool catalina_stop.bat Not Found!
17:56:26 [Tomcat] Problem detected: Required Tool catalina_service.bat Not Found!
17:56:26 [main] Starting Check-Timer
17:56:26 [main] Control Panel Ready
17:56:30 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
17:56:31 [Apache] Status change detected: running
17:56:59 [Apache] Attempting to stop Apache (PID: 6204)
17:56:59 [Apache] Attempting to stop Apache (PID: 11588)
17:56:59 [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
17:57:06 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
17:57:06 [Apache] Status change detected: running
17:57:11 [mysql] Attempting to stop MySQL (PID: 6736)
17:57:11 [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
17:57:18 [mysql] Problem detected!
17:57:18 [mysql] Port 3306 in use by "Unable to open process"!
17:57:18 [mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
17:57:18 [mysql] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
17:57:18 [mysql] or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
17:57:18 [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
17:57:19 [mysql] Status change detected: running
hey thank you for reply. please mind with me i'm not a technical guy
can you please tell me what can be the reason why the port is blocked?
and to what can i change the port to?
> can you please tell me what can be the reason why the port is blocked?
Often another application is using this port. Are you using any other Xampp in parellel or any other application with a MySQL server?
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