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Open a CMD prompt as administrator and execute the following command:
net stop was /y
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Open the Run dialog box (press Win+R), then type:
services.msc
Then search for World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW-Publishing Service) and Web Deployment Agent Service and stop them. You should also disable them.
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Start Apache again with XAMPP 🙂
Link Ref: https://www.sitepoint.com/unblock-port-80-on-windows-run-apache/