Posted by shimmyshack on 05/03/07 17:19

On May 3, 5:17 pm, DavidNorep <avdavid.nore...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed basic xampp with the installer fromhttp://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#524.
>
> When I started Apache from the panel, I got a window with the error
> message:
> This application has failed to start because php_mbstring.dll was
> not found. Re-installing ...
>
> I tried to re-install but it did not help.
>
> I found in the web references to this problem but everything that they
> suggest is already correct at my php.ini: definition of extension_dir
> and php_exif.dll appears after mbstring.
>
> In the control-panel - the status of Apache is running and the start
> button was replaced by a stop button.
>
> Apache and PHP are new for me.
>
> Thanks,
> David

did you install apache as a service? filzilla/mysql all should be
services unless you have a need for them not to be.
if they are use services.msc to check on the status of apache mysql
and filezilla, ignore the control panel, in my experience - which isnt
much, is that it lies. if the application failed to start, then it
failed to start no matter what some gui says.
are you editing the right php.ini file? that in apache/bin directory,
have you added any lines to xampp from a website, or is it default -
are you running php as a module. If you did add lines did you add the
reference to the wrong module, if you are running apache 2.2.x are you
using the php for apache2.2.x dll?
did you check that php_mbstring.dll actually does exist? If you can
download the latest dll from the php (pecl) website for your version
of php.
did you have a preiexisting setup which you have tried to install over
the top of, perhaps there are config or files still hanging around
from before?

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