aSymbio Developer » Apache http://developer.asymbio.net AJAX, Flash, Actionscript, PHP, MySQL.... the tools of the modern developer! Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:51:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fix: XAAMP Apache can not start in XP http://developer.asymbio.net/php/fix-xaamp-apache-can-not-start-in-xp.html http://developer.asymbio.net/php/fix-xaamp-apache-can-not-start-in-xp.html#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:51:33 +0000 admin http://developer.asymbio.net/?p=38 One day after rebooting my Windows XP my XAAMP Apache 2.0 was unable to start. Here is what the error log showed”

[Sun Sep 20 15:01:00 2009] [crit] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified.  : Parent: Unable to connect child stdout to NUL.
[Sun Sep 20 15:01:00 2009] [crit] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Sun Sep 20 15:01:00 2009] [error] (OS 6)The handle is invalid.  : Parent: SetEvent for child process 0 failed

So while trying to find a solution for this problem, which in the beginning looked like a Apache related problem (I tried reinstalling XAAMP several times in different directories etc…) I found out that it actually was a Windows XP problem.  Somehow the NULL driver on my PC has stopped working.  So how to fix this problem:

  1. Open the Device Manager (right click My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware)
  2. From the View menu select Show Hidden Devices
  3. From the Non-Plug and Play Drivers group find the Null driver right click it and Uninstall it
  4. Restart your PC and start Apache from the XAAMP control center

I hope this helps!

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