Uninstalling Service using XAMPP Control Panel for 1.7.3 and 1.7.7: Right click on /xampp/xampp-control.exe, select Run as administrator, then remove the check marks next to the service you want to uninstall as a service. The trick here is to open XAMPP Control Panel using the 'Run as administrator' option. If you experience some issues with the XAMPP Control Panel, you might need to do this ...