Hi
I feel your frustration, but
First, if your wampmanager icon was orange, it indicates that one of the services (Apache, MySQL or mariaDB ) had not started. This is normally considered serious
The existance of a REFERENCE to one of the PHP versions that may exist within WAMPServer on your PATH ... DOES NOT cause the wampmanager icon to be orange. It only places a WARNING (not ERROR) message on the WAMPServer homepage.
If the thread that you reference was confusing, our sincer apologise, Oto is French, his English is very good but in this case maybe not perfect. Even if you were going to try removing everything
You should have made a copy of the PATH just in case something went wrongIt SHOULD have been OBVIOUS to anyone with a modicum of sense that removing EVERYTHING from your path would have detrimental effects on the whole Windows eco-system.
Please remember, when you install a webserver and database server on your system (WAMPServer), you are agreeing to become a
- Sys Admin
- Web Admin
- Database Admin
- Database Designer
- Web Developer
- etc etc
None of the knowledge for these roles gets given to you as part of the installation of WAMPServer or any other similiar tool set. You have to earn them by hitting the manuals.
I see from this
wamp Sorry, There is an error. It seems that a PHP installation is declared in the environment variable PATH C:\Program Files (x86)\iis express\PHP\v7.1 Wamp Server does not use, modify or require the PATH environment variable. Using a PATH on Wamp Server for PHP version is detrimental to the proper functioning of Wampserver. Press ENTER to continue...
that the version of PHP that WAMPServer was WARNING you about was in fact a version that you had installed under IIS
C:\Program Files (x86)\iis express\PHP\v7.1
All that was required to remove the warning was to remove `C:\Program Files (x86)\iis express\PHP\v7.1` from the PATH.
Afterall it was a version of PHP that was not actually provided by WAMPServer and had every possibility of causing your issues when you tried to run PHP from the command line as it may very well NOT HAVE BEEN the version your were using under WAMPServer - Apache.
This is the PRIME reason why the WARNING message was added to the WAMPServer homepage in the first placeAs to a solution to your problems these are just suggestions and should be thought about carefully before actioning any of them, and not in any specific order.
1. Totally re-install Windows. (THE LAST RESORT in my opinion)
2. Restore windows using the Windows 10 restore point before the mistake was made
3. copy a PATH from a VERY SIMILIAR PC you may have at Home or Office
4. If nothing available for a copy, add the obvious folders back into your PATH
Example, assuming you have a 64bit windows
C:\WINDOWS\system32;
C:\WINDOWS;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
and then add back things as other problems become obvious with other apps you may have.
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(Windows 10 Pro 64bit) (Wampserver 3.3.4 64bit) Aestan Tray Menu 3.2.5.4
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