XAMPP Apache Service fails to start due to blocked port: Error: Apache Shutdown Unexpectedly -may be due to blocked port, missing dependencies, improper privileges, or shutdown by another method

Today, the Apache service installed with XAMPP shutdown on me. The following error was displayed on the XAMPP Control Panel -

"Error: Apache Shutdown Unexpectedly -may be due to blocked port, missing dependencies, improper privileges, a crash, or shutdown by another method".

Check the Apache error logs which shows -

[Fri Oct 03 07:41:34.188511 2014] [ssl:warn] [pid 404:tid 400] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Fri Oct 03 07:41:34.360389 2014] [ssl:warn] [pid 404:tid 400] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name

Let's see how to resolve this issue.

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