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.