March 17, 2014 — kyle.huynh205
Solution for Apache Error: Port 443 in use by VMWARE (vmware-hostd.exe)
Full detail of the error you may encounter when you try to run Xampp in the computer that have VMWare installed:
- Port 443 in use by “”C:Program Files (x86)VMwareVMware Workstationvmware-hostd.exe” -u “C:ProgramDataVMwarehostdconfig.xml”” with PID 2612!
- Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
- You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
- or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
Here is the solution:
- Open up httpd-ssl.conf in path2xamppapacheconfextra
- Look for the line Listen 443
- Change port number to anything you want. I use 4430. ex. Listen 4430.
- Replace every 443 string with 4430. Save the file.