I will just throw my hat into the arena once more. SOrry Oto if I am stepping on your toes!
If your httpd.exe files are "disappearing" then possibly you have an overly agressive FireWall or Virus checker. Have you recently made change to either of these type of services on this PC?
On the subject of gaining access to the databases you had under the original version of MySQL (or was it mariaDB ).... What you have to do is:
1. Change the version of MySQL currently running back to the version that the databases were created under.
. . Now this may require that you read up on how to do this using Windows and MySQL features as you seem to have completely naffed up your WAMPServer installation.
2. Do a backup! Once you have the right version of MySQL running.
. . As you appear to not be able to run apache you cannot run phpMyAdmin ... So, you will have to do this from the command line, using the `mysql.exe` or `mysqldump.exe`
These are found in the `wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql[version]\bin` folder
The documentation on how to use them can be found in the MySQL Documentation,
a link to that can be found in my Signature or there is one in the WAMPManager menu.
3. Once you are sure you have a usable backup of all YOUR databases, and by that I mean the ones you created and NOT the ones that MySQL creates for its own use you can put these backups somewhere VERY SAFE.
4. Now you can start the process of getting a working WAMPServer again.
My suggestion would be to uninstall WAMPServer, then
and not before you can delete the whole
Wamp or wamp64 folder structure.
So that Safe place for the backups is NOT inside the wamp folder structure.Then make sure the wampapache and wampmysql and possibly wampmariadb services have been removed.
Once you have a new working WAMPServer, current versio, you can read up on how to restore a backed up database, again in the MySQL Documentation.
Please remember WAMPServer is provided so you and I can have a playground in which to learn and or improve our understanding of Apache/MySQL/mariaDB/PHP/etc
Once installed you become a SYSAdmin, DBAdmin, WebServer Admin, etc etc. That often means you have a steep learning curve, but one that you must at least try and climb at least a little way up.
And finally, when you get issue, the process to sort them out NEVER EVER starts with Oh I will scrap WAMPServer and reinstall. IDENTIFY what the issue is, clearly, before attempting to fix it.
You can only make things worse if you blunder about with a big stick playing Whacka Mole with any software---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(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 --
phpMyAdminGet 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-
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/2022 11:57AM by RiggsFolly.