How to Manually create an Apache Windows Service

On Apache 2.4 the executable have changed name to httpd.exe, the command would be:

httpd.exe -k install -n "Apache2.4"

With a name switch in order to give the service a distinct name.

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For older versions of Apache:

Apache.exe -k installnet start apache2

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Click Win + R and type cmd

Below Image shows how to install Apache2.2 in windows

How to install Apache2.2 in windows

Default installation location of Apache2.2 is C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation but in my pc I installed directly on C:/ drive.

If you want to install Apache2.2 in Program Files folder then in type in command prompt as follows

C:\>cd Program Files ( Click Enter )

C:\>Program Files>cd Apache Software Foundation ( Click Enter )

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation>cd Apache2.2 ( Click Enter )

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2>cd bin ( Click Enter )

in bin folder you will find httpd.exe file

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin>httpd.exe -k install( Click Enter)

The successuful message is displayed in command prompt like above shown in the image.

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