WampServer

I'm working with a brand new Asus X550 laptop with Win8 64. I'm trying to install
wampserver2.2e-php5.3.13-httpd2.2.22-mysql5.5.24-x64 on it. The install seems to
proceed ok and when complete the WAMP icon shows up in the system tray. You can investige
the various installed versions.

But if you chooser Localhost from the choices my Firefox opens and message appears
stating "you do not have permission to access.." and there is a 403 error displayed also.

Next the WAMP icon in the system tray disappears. Click the WAMP start icon on the desktop
will not restart WAMP. Rebooting and attempting to restart WAMP does not work either.

What if any are my next steps? I need a working WAMP.

eatc7402

I've done the following...

I've now turned off the World Wide Publishing Service to turn off the ISS server and the Sevices
panel confirms the ISS is indeed off.

I've set the HOSTS file to
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost

I then rebooted and reinstalled the WAMP install.

It installed and I get a WampServer icon on the desktop BUT no Wamp icon (at all of any color)
in the system tray.

Clicking the WampServer icon does NOTHING... no running circle... no icon in the system tray.

Now I am really stumped.

eatc7402

Ahhh... but if I enter localhost in the browser window I do get the
WampServer screen, and I can get the phpinfo, and thePhpMySdmin
screens.

But I get NO Wampserver Settings Icon in the tray!

eat7402

Maybe it's hidden??

You can set the icons in the tray to

Always show
Always hides
Notifications only.

If the services started on there own with out you manually starting them , then the exe is running, confirm the wampmanager.exe is running in task manager and then it will definitely be the icon is hidden

Steven Martin
stevenmartin99@gmail.com
stevenmartin99@hotmail.com
PampServer.com - [pampserver.com]

Yes wampmanager.exe was running....

It took a bit of looking but I found the place to turn ON the Wamp icon.

Thanks that was indeed the 'problem'.

eatc7402

Look in these files

httpd.conf ( accessed from the wampmanager menus )
c:\wamp\alias\phpmyadmin.conf
c:\wamp\alias\sqlbuddy.conf
c:\wamp\alias\webgrind.conf

for a line like this

Allow from 127.0.0.1


Change the line to look like this

Allow from 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1


This will amend the Apache security to allow access from the IPV4 loopback address 127.0.0.1 and the IPV6 loopback address ::1

That should cure your problem.