Steve Hay wrote: > I've already overcome the difficulties of *installing* apache, much as > you describe below, and I also found that if you create a batch file to > run the MSI and then run that batch file as an administrator (using the > "runas" command) then things work better. I'll add this to the Wiki > later after I've double-checked it. > > However, my problem is that the Apache service won't start. Using Apache > 1.x I had it running in a command prompt (i.e. just typing > "apache.exe"), but the service wouldn't start. Using Apache 2.2.4, I > can't start it either way so far.
I believe we resynced at 2.2.4 to make the default service name the same as the apache.exe -n default value (this was a problem in earlier 2.2 releases.) If you explicitly invoke apache.exe -n "service name" -k start does that work? If not your user account simply doesn't have permission to start a service. Or there is a flaw in startup - you'll probably want to look in the event log first.
