Server certificate does NOT include an ID XAMPP

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I'm trying to get Apache running on my system using XAMPP, every time I try to start it I get an error:

09:28:04 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.

09:28:04 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,

09:28:04 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another > method.

09:28:04 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check

09:28:04 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues

09:28:04 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this

09:28:04 [Apache] entire log window on the forums

I've then opened the error log and it seems like it keeps outputting:

[ssl:warn] [pid 8516:tid 704] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server ? certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name

I then tried to do a little more research on the error and I then discovered that it could be administration issues, so I then ran it as admin but still nothing. Not sure how to proceed with this issue, so I thought I'd ask for help from someone with a little more experience with Apache and XAMPP.

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Have you made a certificate for your project or htdocs folder? - Shaun Bebbers
I haven't no, unfortunately I'm only now taking the first steps with using apache and xampp so I'm not sure how I'd go about doing this. - Matt Hutch
If you need to use SSL on your localhost then I have a solution - however it's not a quick fix. I wrote a guide to HTTPS and Windows with Apache and there are 20 steps to go through and my guide was as clear and concise as I could make it. - Shaun Bebbers
The first thing to do is to click on the 'Config' button on the XAMPP control panel and see the Apache (httpd.conf) and Apache (httpd-ssl.conf) files. If I remember correctly, the latter file will reference example.com - you should be able to change that to your local instance, so if you're using localhost:443 in your browser, replace example.com with localhost as a starter. Try that and if you get no joy, revert it. Around line 36 of httpd-ssl.conf I have Listen 127.0.0.1:443 as that points to my localhost. - Shaun Bebbers
I'm not using anything through my browser as of yet as I haven't been able to get it up and running. I've tried replacing the example.com with localhost but this didn't seem to change anything. - Matt Hutch

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I've discovered that a fresh install of XAMPP resolved my error, and I can now run Apache with no errors.