WampServer

Troubleshooting installation/start up -- my Wampserver icon is orange. I've been troubleshooting for hours.

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1 - Windows version used: WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 bit

2 - Version WampServer: 2.5 - 64 bit

3 - Apache Version - do not see anything in All Programs or Uninstall window (what did I miss?)

4 - PHP Version - do not see anything in All Programs or Uninstall window

5 - MySQL Version: I found all of the following when attempting to figure out what to uninstall:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition [ENU]
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 data tier app framework
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 data tier app framework
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom
Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012
Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012 (x64)
MySQL Connector Net 6.5.4
MySQL Server 5.1

6 - What color is the WampServer icon: orange
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I'm stuck. I've read the answers posted in the forum, including the READ ME troubleshooting page.
Here's what I've done...

I downloaded WAMP 2.5, received the error that said msvcr11.dll is missing.
To fix, I downloaded Visual C++ Redistributable: 1) vsu_4\vcredist_x64.exe AND 2) VUS_4\vcredist_x86.exe

Next, I opened the WAMP server menu, attempted to start all services. Looked at log errors - no files existed so I created the text files in Notepad. They are all empty.

I opened the even viewer window, and saw errors about apache:
AH00451: no listening sockets available
OS0013: an attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by access permissions.
AH0072: make_sock could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

It seems that I have to load something (from where?) for Apache and PHP, correct?

I think I also need to uninstall some of those SQL programs, but which ones?

Using the WAMPmanager icon from the system tray. Do

left click wampmanager -> Apache -> Test Port 80 and post what you are told in the dislog screen.

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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-

OK - Here's what I got:

Your port is actually used by:

Server-Microsoft HTTPAPI/2.0

You have Microsoft IIS installed.

That is a web server too, and will be automatically started and therefore be getting allowcate port 80 before Apache.

If you are not using IIS then uninstall it. Do a google search for how to do that if you dont know.

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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 spent more time trying to locate information online, and finally found something that worked:
[theandystratton.com]


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WAMP/Apache Broken From “Microsoft HTTP/API 2.0″ Using Port 80

My coworker, Dora, was attempting to get WAMP to run a locally hosted development environment on her Windows 7 computer. She could not get Apache to start and was getting a 404 error when visiting localhost in her browser.

By using the WAMP command (WAMP Menu > Apache > Services > Test Port 80), I saw that “Microsoft HTTP/API 2.0″ was using port 80.

Turning off Microsoft HTTP/API 2.0

After some fruitless Google searches, I found a stray post noting that this could be the Web Deployment Service Agent. As a former Windows user, of many years now, I can’t even comment (or care) what this service is for, all I can do is tell you how I disabled it:
1.Open your Control Panel (Start > Control Panel)
2.Change the view setting from Category to Small or Large Icons
3.Open Administrative Tools
4.Open Services
5.Find “Web Deployment Service Agent” in the list
6.Right click and choose Properties
7.Click Stop
8.Change it’s Start Up value to “Manual”
9.Hit Apply/OK to save the changes
10.Go to WAMP and restart all services

This should do it.

What if I don’t want to turn off the Web Deployment Service Agent

A quicker solution that should keep this service running would be to configure WAMP to run under another port other than 80, such as 8080. You will have to append :8080 to your localhost hostname, but it should work.
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MY WAMP SERVER 2.5 ICON IS NOW GREEN, NOT ORANGE.