WampServer

Hello , i am using WampServer2.1e-x32 and everytime i start my wamp server it cant start it's stays orange and does not turn green as usual and my local host obviously shows and Http error 404 when i right click on the wamp server to put it on manually there is a pop um message " could not execute menu item(internal error)[the exception]could not perform service action:The service has not been started " thi is unusual for me since i have been using previous wamp versions i uninstall the new version and re install the old one same message what could be the cause ? please help

thanks and have a great day !

Sound like you have some other process that has grabbed port 80 before Apache can get its hand on it.

This is usually done by either SKYPE, TEAM VIEWER, IIS but could be something else.


do this:

left click wampmanager-> Apache -> Service -> Test port 80

This will run a command window and if something is using port 80 it should tell you what it is.

If you cann ot sort it out yourself, let us know what it report and we will make suggestions

hello Riggs Folley,
thanks a lot i find out that it is server :HTTPAPI/2.0 that is using port 80 to resolve my problem i went to control panel -administrative tools-services and stop Web Deployment Agent Service (MsDepSvc) my wamp is working now like a charm !

Well done and thanks for updating the thread

It is appeared to be issue with the Port. Mostly Port 80 is the generic one which is being used by most of the applications such as:

- Skype
- Dropbox
- Teamviewer
- Any other cloud based or screensharing softwares.

To avoid this: use the following steps

1. Locate: httpd.conf ( WAMP icon > Apache > httpd.conf )
2. Locate: Port 80 change it to : 8080
3. Restart WAMP
4. Go to browswer can type: localhost:8080

If you have sub-folders then it will work like: localhost:8080/sub-folder

You will still be able to use Dropbox, Skype, Teamviewer with this settings.

Best of luck.

Regards
Deepak K Rana
IT Consultant, London.

Deepak,

Thats not actually a great solution, changing to a port other than 80 is a major pain especially for beginners.

Skype and Teamviewer can definitely be configured to not use port 80, not sure about dropbox but others appear to have made it an Apache run together?

Anyone like to add a howto config dropbox???