I messed up while setting up my sharing and relocated apache 3:55:48 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel 3:55:48 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows XP SP3 32-bit 3:55:48 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.1 3:55:48 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.1.0 3.1.0 [ Compiled: September 20th 2012 ] 3:55:48 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good! 3:55:48 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\" 3:55:48 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites 3:55:48 PM [main] All prerequisites found 3:55:48 PM [main] Initializing Modules 3:55:48 PM [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 80 3:55:48 PM [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 443 3:55:48 PM [mysql] XAMPP MySQL is already running on port 3306 3:55:48 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer 3:55:48 PM [main] Control Panel Ready