Resulta que la lanzar xampp me dice esto. Creo que está entrando en conflicto con el vmware.
Te dejo el mensaje de error.
Cita: Problem detected!
2:24:43 [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
2:24:43 [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
2:24:43 [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
2:24:43 [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
2:24:43 [Apache] Problem detected!
2:24:43 [Apache] Port 443 in use by ""C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-hostd.exe" -u "C:\ProgramData\VMware\hostd\config.xml"" with PID 2088!
2:24:43 [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
2:24:43 [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
2:24:43 [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port