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Asked: 2026-06-09T20:44:25+00:00

I setup a new XP machine with no software except drivers and VNC. I

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I setup a new XP machine with no software except drivers and VNC.

I downloaded XAMPP 1.8 from their website.

Apache won’t start. I looked in the EventViewer for details and saw

httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 456 of C:/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax e
rror on line 17 of C:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-xampp.conf: Cannot load /xam
pp/php/php5ts.dll into server: The application has failed to start because its s
ide-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for
more detail.

I’ve been searching the web high and low and can’t figure this out.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I discovered that I needed to install the VC++ redistributable software. XAMPP should make that more noticable so people who have not installed it dont panic!

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