Hello,
Maybe because with a standard user you don't have sufficient write permissions in the downloads folder. You have to look for errors in the php and apache log files.
Perhaps the following will solve this problem.
This is a translation of a contribution that I had posted on the French forum Wampserver.
I have test launching of WampServer - thus starting services - in a "standard" user session that is to say without administrator privileges, and it works on my session W7 or W10 Pro 64-bit with two users:
- "Dominique" administrator
- "Otomatic" standard user
Everything that follows is to be performed in an administrator session:This means that if you want to do this on a workstation that is part of an enterprise network, you will need to call your network administrator or IT manager.Download the utility "Setacl.exe" the free version from the command line on the website [
helgeklein.com]
This version:
Administrators: Download the EXE version of SetACL 3.0.6 for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.Unzip the file, which will create a folder: SetACL (executable Version)\ in which there are two other folder for 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
Open a command window into the 32 or 64 bits folder depending on the version of Windows. If you have a Windows 64-bit, it is imperative to run the 64-bit version of setacl.
In the command window, we will give the rights to a user to start, stop and read wampapache, wampmysqld and wampmariadb services, in my case the user without rights "Otomatic."
Generic command is:
setacl -on "service_name" -ot srv -ace "n:user_name_without_rights;p:start_stop,read" -actn ace
which gives the following two commands for WampServer:
setacl -on "wampapache" -ot srv -ace "n:Otomatic;p:start_stop,read" -actn ace
setacl -on "wampmysqld" -ot srv -ace "n:Otomatic;p:start_stop,read" -actn ace
setacl -on "wampmariadb" -ot srv -ace "n:Otomatic;p:start_stop,read" -actn ace
Of course:
- you replace Otomatic by the name of the user you want to allow to start the services.
- you replace service names by wampapache64, wampmysqld64 and wampmariadb64 if uou use Wampserver 64 bit.
The user account must exist before performing the commands.By connecting with Otomatic session, I can start WampServer, which starts the services and pass the icon green with access to localhost and phpMyAdmin.
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