Windows could not start the Apache2 on Local Computer - problem

Question

During the installation of Apache2 I got the following message into cmd window:

Installing the Apache2.2 service The Apache2.2 service is successful

Answer 1

I've had this problem twice. The first problem was fixed using the marked answer on this page (thank you for that). However, the second time proved a bit more difficult.

I found that in my httpd-vhosts.conf file that I made a mistake when assigning the document root to a domain name. Fixing this solved my problem. It is well worth checking (or even reverting to a blank copy) your httpd-vhosts.conf file for any errors and typo's.