I installed XAMPP recently, the following error message was displayed on the panel when starting the apache service
09:04:36 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
09:04:36 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
09:04:36 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
09:04:36 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
09:04:36 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
09:04:36 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
09:04:36 [Apache] entire log window on the forums
09:08:10 [Apache] Problem detected!
09:08:10 [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
09:08:10 [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
09:08:10 [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
09:08:10 [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
To solve this problem, I've reviewed this video in which the author adds the code snippet below in his file httpd.conf
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#Listen [::]:80
This solved the problem but would like to know what exactly that means?