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Shadow0013
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MAMP Apache only starting in PRO version, normal MAMP fails

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Hi there.

I have downloaded MAMP 4.2.0 2.23973 2 days ago, the only change I made, is I installed it in C:\Web_Development\MAMP, and during the installation, I selected to install MAMP PRO too, which is in C:\Web_Development\MAMPPRO. However, first time I did the installation, I unselected MAMPPRO, and same error messages happened, so I doubt it was the fault of that.

At first I opened the ordinary MAMP, clicked the start server button, and faced the problem of not being able to start Apache. Then, out of spite, I started my trial of the PRO version, and let be amazed, it worked!

This is my apache_error.log file that regular MAMP produces:

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[Thu Apr 29 22:39:19 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Thu Apr 29 22:39:20 2021] [warn] pid file C:/Web_Development/MAMP/bin/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Thu Apr 29 22:39:20 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:39:20 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:39:21 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 22:39:21 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 22:39:21 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Thu Apr 29 22:39:21 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:17 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:18 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:18 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:19 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:19 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:19 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:19 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:32 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:33 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:33 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:34 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:34 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:34 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:34 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:45 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:46 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:46 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:47 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:47 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:47 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Thu Apr 29 22:40:47 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Thu Apr 29 22:41:56 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Thu Apr 29 22:41:57 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:41:57 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:41:58 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 22:41:58 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 22:41:58 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Thu Apr 29 22:41:58 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Thu Apr 29 22:45:53 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Thu Apr 29 22:45:54 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:45:54 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:45:55 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 22:45:55 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 22:45:55 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Thu Apr 29 22:45:55 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:34 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:34 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:35 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:35 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:35 2021] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2768
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:36 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:36 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:37 2021] [notice] Child 2768: Child process is running
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:37 2021] [notice] Child 2768: Acquired the start mutex.
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:37 2021] [notice] Child 2768: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Thu Apr 29 22:57:37 2021] [notice] Child 2768: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Thu Apr 29 22:59:09 2021] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/Web_Development/MAMP/htdocs/docs-assets, referer: http://localhost/MAMP/
[Thu Apr 29 22:59:35 2021] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/Web_Development/MAMP/htdocs/favicon.ico, referer: http://localhost/
[Thu Apr 29 23:31:29 2021] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Thu Apr 29 23:31:29 2021] [notice] Child 2768: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Thu Apr 29 23:31:30 2021] [notice] Child 2768: Released the start mutex
[Thu Apr 29 23:31:59 2021] [notice] Parent: Forcing termination of child process 6a4
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:27 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:27 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:28 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:28 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:28 2021] [notice] Parent: Created child process 12456
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:29 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:29 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:30 2021] [notice] Child 12456: Child process is running
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:30 2021] [notice] Child 12456: Acquired the start mutex.
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:30 2021] [notice] Child 12456: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:30 2021] [notice] Child 12456: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:33 2021] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:33 2021] [notice] Child 12456: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:34 2021] [notice] Child 12456: Released the start mutex
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:35 2021] [notice] Child 12456: All worker threads have exited.
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:35 2021] [notice] Child 12456: Child process is exiting
[Thu Apr 29 23:32:36 2021] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:33 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:33 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:34 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:34 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:34 2021] [notice] Parent: Created child process 15932
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:35 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:35 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:36 2021] [notice] Child 15932: Child process is running
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:36 2021] [notice] Child 15932: Acquired the start mutex.
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:36 2021] [notice] Child 15932: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:36 2021] [notice] Child 15932: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:36 2021] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:36 2021] [notice] Child 15932: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:37 2021] [notice] Child 15932: Released the start mutex
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:38 2021] [notice] Child 15932: All worker threads have exited.
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:38 2021] [notice] Child 15932: Child process is exiting
[Thu Apr 29 23:36:39 2021] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:40 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:41 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:41 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:42 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:42 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:42 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:42 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:49 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:50 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:50 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:51 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:51 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:51 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 30 16:07:51 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:10 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:10 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:11 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:11 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:11 2021] [notice] Parent: Created child process 19344
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:12 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:12 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:13 2021] [notice] Child 19344: Child process is running
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:13 2021] [notice] Child 19344: Acquired the start mutex.
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:13 2021] [notice] Child 19344: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Fri Apr 30 16:08:13 2021] [notice] Child 19344: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Fri Apr 30 16:10:51 2021] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Fri Apr 30 16:10:51 2021] [notice] Child 19344: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Fri Apr 30 16:10:52 2021] [notice] Child 19344: Released the start mutex
[Fri Apr 30 16:10:53 2021] [notice] Child 19344: All worker threads have exited.
[Fri Apr 30 16:10:53 2021] [notice] Child 19344: Child process is exiting
[Fri Apr 30 16:10:54 2021] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:07 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:07 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:08 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:08 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:08 2021] [notice] Parent: Created child process 10700
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:09 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:09 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:10 2021] [notice] Child 10700: Child process is running
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:10 2021] [notice] Child 10700: Acquired the start mutex.
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:10 2021] [notice] Child 10700: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:10 2021] [notice] Child 10700: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:15 2021] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:15 2021] [notice] Child 10700: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:16 2021] [notice] Child 10700: Released the start mutex
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:17 2021] [notice] Child 10700: All worker threads have exited.
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:17 2021] [notice] Child 10700: Child process is exiting
[Fri Apr 30 17:11:18 2021] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Fri Apr 30 17:12:20 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Fri Apr 30 17:12:21 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 17:12:21 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 17:12:22 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 17:12:22 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 17:12:22 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 30 17:12:22 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:10 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:11 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:11 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:12 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:12 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:12 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:12 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:25 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:26 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:26 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:27 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:27 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:27 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:27 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:41 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:42 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:42 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:43 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:43 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:43 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 30 17:18:43 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Fri Apr 30 17:19:10 2021] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Fri Apr 30 17:19:11 2021] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 30 17:19:11 2021] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 30 17:19:12 2021] [notice] Apache/2.2.31 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.2h mod_fcgid/2.3.9 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/7.4.1 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.16.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 30 17:19:12 2021] [notice] Server built: May  6 2016 10:19:53
[Fri Apr 30 17:19:12 2021] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 30 17:19:12 2021] [crit] (OS 6)A leíró érvénytelen.  : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.

So, how the hell can that be? I would love if someone could help me with this, because the trial only last a month, after that, I am EFFED.
Again, if I start MAMPPRO, everything works properly, if I start MAMP, then the Apache green indicator flashes green for 1 second, then it stops. It doesn't reach the point where it would even begin to start MySQL.

Looking forward to your answers guys.
Thank you for your time in advance :)
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