WampServer

Windows 7
Wampserver 2.4
Apache 2.4.4
PHP 5.4.12
MYSQL 5.6.12

Yesterday for some reason it randomly disconnected twice and turned orange. I'd restart all services and after a minute or two it'd start back up.
But this morning for some reason it turned orange and stayed orange.
It was working just fine for a month or so and just started giving me problems out of the blue.
I tried restarting my computer and made sure the ports hadn't been changed. I also tried disabling my firewall but that didn't seem to affect it. I tried changing the Apache port to 8081 and that didn't help so I changed it back.

I had been doing some work with a database the last two days but I haven't altered the software at all.

When the wamp icon stays orange it means either the 'wampapache' or 'wampmysql' service has not started.

You need to know which service has failed to start before trying to fox the problem.

How to tell which service is not running if the wampmanager icon is orange.

Left click the wampmanager icon to reveal the menu-> Apache -> Service
If the Start resume service menu item is Green then Apache is running.

Left click the wampmanager icon to reveal the menu-> MySQL -> Service
If the Start resume service menu item is Green then MySQL is running.

If Apache is the service that is not running it is normally, but not always, because something else has captured port 80.

Now do,
Left click the wampmanager icon to reveal the menu-> Apache -> Service -> Test port 80
This will launch a command window and display some information about what, if anything is using port 80.

Whatever it is should be re-configured to not use port 80 or uninstalled if you are not using it.

If port 80 is not the problem look for errors in the appropriate error log ( use the wamp manager menus to view the error logs )

If these do not exists or show no errors then also check the Windows Event Viewer
Start -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer
And look in the 'Windows Logs' -> Application' section accessed from the menu on the left of the dialog for error messages from Apache and or MySQL.


How to Configure SKYPE so it does not require port 80 or 443

Run SKYPE
then using the menus do this:
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Connection
Un-Check the checkbox next to 'Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incomming connections'
Now restart SKYPE for these changes to take effect.


How to Configure Team Viewer so it does not require port 80 or 443
Run TV
Extras -> Options -> Advanced -> Press the Advanced Button -> Advanced Network Connections
Check the checkbox saying [ Dont use incomming port 80 (recommended for web servers only ) ]

If the problem is not obvious then post the errors here

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(Windows 10 Pro 64bit) (Wampserver 3.3.4 64bit) Aestan Tray Menu 3.2.5.4
<Apache versions MULTIPE> <PHP versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Versions MULTIPLE>
<MariaDB versions MULTIPLE> <phpMyAdmin versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Workbench 8.0.23>
Read The Manuals Apache -- MySQL -- PHP -- phpMyAdmin
Get your Apache/MySQL/mariaDB/PHP ADDONs here from the WAMPServer alternate Repo
-X-X-X- Backup your databases regularly Here is How dont regret it later! Yes even when developing -X-X-X-

I think I fixed it.
The problem was a corrupt part of a database that I guess was preventing MYSQL from opening?

For people who might have this problem in the future and have stumbled upon this post, what I did was I followed Riggs' (thanks Riggs) directions to identify that MYSQL was the service that wasn't starting. Then I combed through the log and found the file that was corrupt. I then simply went into the corresponding database folder and deleted the corrupt file and upon restarting all services it went green.