PROBLEM: When Windows starts/boots, the Apache service does not start and
reports the error (not in Apache error log, but in Windows management error
log).
PROBLEM: When attempting to start the service for the first time in a Windows
session from the Apache Monitor (running in system tray), there is a UAC prompt
requesting to Allow/Cancel the request. Then a dialog box shows "The requested
operation has failed". Curiously, this only occurs for the Start of a stopped
Apache service; Restart of an existing service does not fail.
The following errors are reported at the same time, although the first two are
in this order in the system log:
CompManag->EventViewer->Windows Logs->System:
Level: Error
Event ID: 7024
Source: Service Control Manager Eventlog Provider
Detail: The ApacheHttpd service terminated with service-specific
error 1 (0x1).
CompManag->EventViewer->Windows Logs->System:
Level: Information
Event ID: 7036
Source: Service Control Manager Eventlog Provider
Detail: The ApacheHttpd service entered the stopped state.
CompManag->EventViewer->Windows Logs->Application:
Level: Error
Event ID: 3299
Source: Apache Service
Detail: The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid
characters: Invalid config file path
"C:/Users/joeUser/AppData/Roaming/Apache/httpd.conf" .
QUESTIONS:
1. There must a way to configure the Start shortcut and Apache Monitor system
task so that they are run without UAC prompting. How is that done?
2. How do I eliminate the problem (a) the Apache service not starting at system
boot and (b) the Apache Monitor failing to start the service (after UAC
allowance)?
3. How can the Application log error indicate an "invalid config file path" when
it is the same as the Start shortcut (see info below), which works? Note that
pathname separator character is forward slash '/' (Unix-style) rather than
unescaped backward slash '\' (Windows style).
Note the background & other info below are in case there are any other questions
as to what is going on.
==== BACKGROUND and OTHER INFO =====
Operating environment is Vista Home Prem (SP2).
The "Start" shortcut (which works, but only after UAC prompting) is:
"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin\httpd.exe" -w -f
"C:/Users/joeUser/AppData/Roaming/Apache/httpd.conf" -n "ApacheHttpd" -k start
The "Apache Monitor" shortcut (which does not work, even after UAC prompting)
is:
"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin\ApacheMonitor.exe"
The "Restart" shortcut also works:
"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin\httpd.exe" -w -n
"ApacheHttpd" -k restart -f "C:/Users/joeUser/AppData/Roaming/Apache/httpd.conf"
I have long ago installed Apache 2.2.11 (Win32) in its default configuration but
became very annoyed at not being able to modify httpd.conf because of Vista UAC,
which I keep in place because in principle, with Microsoft products, it is
probably BETTER to keep it enabled rather than disabled. On my system it is
installed as a service.
So what I did was to move large parts of the directory tree for
updatable/modifiable files to where they really belong in the Windows
filesystem:
C:\users\joeUser\AppData\Roaming\Apache
Under this directory is
* httpd.conf file
* cgi-bin directory
* conf directory
* error directory
* icons directory
* logs directory
* manual directory
* modules directory
Note that the server is started from its installation directory:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin\httpd.exe
The relevant modifications to httpd.conf as part of this movement are:
ServerRoot "C:/Users/joeUser/AppData/Roaming/Apache"
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