XAMPP — Apache Server won't start – PHP

I am in the XAMPP control panel with the Start buttons to Aoache and MySQL enabled. While clicking on the Start button to MySQL works fine, showing the available port, when I click on the Start button to Apache, I first get a message saying "Attempting to start Apache service" Then I get a popup window appears, asking if I want Net Command to make a change to my device. I initially clicked yes, but nothing happened.

I later saw these three red lines when I launched the XAMPP control panel:

2:36:34 PM  [Apache]    Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
2:36:34 PM  [Apache]    Found Path: "C:Apache24binhttpd.exe" -k runservice
2:36:34 PM  [Apache]    Expected Path: "c:xamppapachebinhttpd.exe" -k runservice

Now I used to have Apache2.4 installed prior to installing XAMPP, but I had completely uninstalled it before installing XAMPP. I see no trace of Apache2.4 remaining, nor do I see the folder that the above three lines referred to.

I’m trying to get the Apache server launched in XAMPP, so I can get started with PHP, but I don’t know how to resolve this issue with the previous Apache2.4, which I’d already uninstalled, but somehow, there’s some dangling reference to Apache2.4.

What do I need to do so that Apache on XAMPP launches correctly? Is there something I’m missing?

I tried uninstalling the old Apache2.4, expecting to see this in the list of apps to uninstall, but it’s not there (from when I’d previously uninstalled Apache 2.4). Given that, I don’t see why XAMPP seems to think there’s a previous Apache server existing on my computer.