shortcut starts the service. If the Apache service is running
already, the shortcut doesn't do anything.</p>
- <p>You can tell a running Apache to stop by opening another console
+ <p>If Apache is running as a service, you can tell it to stop by opening another console
window and entering:</p>
<example>
httpd.exe -k shutdown
</example>
- <p>This should be preferred over pressing Control-C because this
- lets Apache end any current operations and clean up gracefully.</p>
+ <p>Running as a service should be preferred over running in a
+ console window because this lets Apache end any current operations
+ and clean up gracefully.</p>
+
+ <p>But if the server is running in a console window, you can
+ only stop it by pressing Control-C in the same window.</p>
<p>You can also tell Apache to restart. This forces it to reread
the configuration file. Any operations in progress are allowed to
httpd.exe -k restart
</example>
- <p>in any other console window.</p>
+ <p>if the server is running as a service.</p>
<note>Note for people familiar with the Unix version of Apache:
these commands provide a Windows equivalent to <code>kill -TERM