Xampp Access violation at address 005ABEFFE

Question

I have an issue with my XAMPP Control Pannel.

Each time I run my XAMPP Control Pannel, it shuts down, with these errors :

This is what the application error window show me :

  Exception EAccessViolation in module xampp-control.exe at 001ABEFFE.
  Access violation at address 005ABEFFE in module 'xampp-controle.exe'.
  Read of address 00000042.

And this is the details of the crash :

  Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
  Application Name: xampp-control.exe
  Application Version:  3.1.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    505b977e
  Fault Module Name:    xampp-control.exe
  Fault Module Version: 3.1.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:   505b977e
  Exception Code:   c0000005
  Exception Offset: 001abefe
  OS Version:   6.3.9600.2.0.0.272.7
  Locale ID:    1036
  Additional Information 1: 85f1
  Additional Information 2: 85f130a438e7576b1a9e31c22e4b9f42
  Additional Information 3: 5349
  Additional Information 4: 53499a809c3ee8ed8ef93e12b24b146b

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Can you explain me how to fix it please ?

Abner Samuel · Answer 1 · 2020-06-02T02:23:19.977

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First, your user must have administrator permission.

Second, install Xampp outside of "program files", preferably install in C:\xampp (It usually comes with this by default).

Third, after installation (Before running Xampp), go to the C:\xampp directory, look for xampp-control.exe, right click on it, go to "properties" go to the "compatibility" tab and then check the "run as administrator" option.

edited Jun 02 '20 at 02:23

answered Jun 01 '20 at 18:54

Abner Samuel

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Now the error message "Error: Cannot create file "C:\xampp\xampp-control.ini". Access is denied." makes sense. – Avatar Dec 10 '20 at 10:08

score 42 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 29 '21 at 22:35

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This error is showing you due to Xampp-control.exe doesn't have permission to write on the file named xampp-control.ini. Follow below steps to get rid of this:

Go to Xampp directory.
Search for file xampp-control.ini.
Go to properties of that file.
Under security tab Select users Everyone.
Edit permissions and provide full control.
And Apply

edited Jan 29 '21 at 22:35

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answered Jan 29 '21 at 16:15

Sultan

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Fantastic answer! thanks for saving my life! – Jesse JunJing Dec 25 '21 at 16:16
The perfect answer. You don't even need to provide full control. Checking the "Write" permission will do it. – TARKUS May 15 '22 at 14:02
Simple & perfect answer. Worked for me! – Hafiz Ameer Hamza Nov 22 '22 at 10:36
Anyone know whats the reasons why this suddenly caused? Previosly working fine – Cracker Rex Mar 26 '23 at 06:37

score 22 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '21 at 23:51

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1st try this option.

Goto Xampp folder in c:/xampp
search for xampp.control.ini
right click on xampp.control.ini & click on properties.
Goto security select everyone & click on Edit button
In permissions for everyone select 1st option(Full control)
check all options are selected or not and then click on Apply & then OK.

This will solve you problem.

Note: Above solution works only when you logged in with Admin account.

answered Feb 28 '21 at 23:51

pavan

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Came here for another problem, this helped me!! My problem was, when I right-clicked the XAMPP icon and closed it, the access violation appeared. – agoldev Mar 18 '21 at 12:00
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I believe it is "xampp-control.ini" not "xampp.control.ini" – tunapq Mar 21 '21 at 09:16
Awesome, finally a solution for that "disgusting" problem which was really annoying. – tim Jun 07 '21 at 13:50
Thanks a lot, I had this problem for a while and it was really annoying, finally got around fixing it. – Joshua Bakker Jul 02 '21 at 12:39

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 18 '21 at 12:58

To correct the error :

Go to xampp directory (The location can be C:\xampp )
look for xampp-control application file ( i.e file with icon and .exe extension )
right click on xampp-control.exe file and click Properties option
Now, select compatibility among the tabs and check the checkbox for "Run this program as an administrator"
Finally, click Apply and Ok.

Here, the problem is solved. Try to start and quit xampp, it will work fine.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '17 at 03:36

Sometimes you need to make sure that services is not disabled by doing this :

Open Run Command (Windows + R)
type services.msc
Find apache service
Check startup type on the right column

To change startup type, please do following step :

Right click on services that you want to change startup type
Find properties
Change startup type either to manual or automatic

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 29 '21 at 09:10

Error

This error is showing you due to Xampp-control.exe haven't permission to write on the file named "xampp-control.ini". So, follow below steps to get rid of this:

Go to Xampp directory.
Search for file xampp-control.ini.
Go to properties of that file.
Under security tab Select users Everyone.
Edit permissions & provide full control.
And Apply. xampp-control.ini with full control

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 07 '17 at 06:16

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Open a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd)
run "sc delete Apache2.4"
At the control-p of XAMPP - go to config of Apache then click Apache and chose the file name Apache installservice . 4- try now

answered Feb 07 '17 at 06:16

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score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 06 '20 at 14:10

Following solution worked for me,

Earlier I used to save logs to the following path, but in my recent changes I forgot to update same path in my httpd-vhosts.conf

ErrorLog "D:/xampp/htdocs/mysite/logs/mysite.com-error.log"

CustomLog "D:/xampp/htdocs/mysite/logs/mysite.com-access.log" common

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@mysite.com
    DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/mysite"
    ServerName mysite.com
    ServerAlias www.mysite.com
    ErrorLog "D:/xampp/htdocs/mysite/logs/mysite.com-error.log"
    CustomLog "D:/xampp/htdocs/mysite/logs/mysite.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

As soon as I updated correct path, all XAMPP processes started working without any error...

Xampp Access violation at address 005ABEFFE

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