WampServer

I had WAMP up and running. Couple days ago, I installed System Mechanic, because my computer began working very slowly. The new software cleaned up my computer, but WAMP stopped working. Every time I start WAMP, I get the following:

(Aestan Tray Menu) -- Could not execute menu item (internal error) [Exception]. Could not perform service action: The service has not been started.

I tried everything I knew could help: reinstalled WAMP, disabled firewalls, stopped IIS service, tried manually start apache service -- nothing worked.

Could somebody help me to find solution?

Thanks.

didn't registry mechanic have a system restore feature or something to restore the deleted keys ? Most of this kind of tool have it.
Let's look and see if it has deleted key from wamp.

---------------------------------------------
XP SP3 - pIV - 3.2Ghz - 1.5Go de ram - Wamp 2.0

Yes, it has deleted wamp's key. And System Mechanic could not restore it. This message just killing me:

(Aestan Tray Menu) -- Could not execute menu item (internal error) [Exception]. Could not perform service action: The service has not been started.

Quote


I tried everything I knew could help: reinstalled WAMP...

Did you try to clean up all related registries as well? If yes, you might have to reformat your hard drive and reinstall windows and wamp

Have fun,

FREE One A Day
FREE Photo
FREE Games
FREE Websites
FREE Portable GPS
FREE WAMP Guides

In other words, before reinstalling wamp, delete all registry keys related to it (wamp, apache and mysql too i guess).
Make sure to backup any key before to delete it in order that u can restore it if it goes wrong.
Then after only reinstall wamp.
* make sure NOT to delete your firewall reg keys related to wamp (if u have one installed).

good luck

I would suggest :
- using registry registrar lite to manually edit registry (or another free reg editor tools)
- using crap cleaner (ccleaner 2.04.543) to auto clean registry : it backup deleted keys to a file before to erase and also permit you to choose what you really want to delete.

---------------------------------------------
XP SP3 - pIV - 3.2Ghz - 1.5Go de ram - Wamp 2.0

I am sure that reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows will fix the problems, but I have so much different stuff on my PC! It will take time to reastablish everything.

I want to escape it.

There is nothing to clean. I didn't find any registry key related to WAMP.

That's the problem, I guess System Mechanic clean up pretty good, huh, even what it should NOT?

Have fun,

FREE One A Day
FREE Photo
FREE Games
FREE Websites
FREE Portable GPS
FREE WAMP Guides

First you can look at your system error events :
[WIN+R] > eventvwr.msc [+ENTER]
watch in all tabs why apache can't start, it might be very helpfull.


You can also look at the windows services and see if there's apache or mysql services that are still there and try to delete/disable/uninstall this services before reinstalling.

bring up the Execute command line: [WIN+R]
Type: services.msc [+ENTER]
Watch for services named wampapache, wampmysqld, ...

---------------------------------------------
XP SP3 - pIV - 3.2Ghz - 1.5Go de ram - Wamp 2.0

After many unsuccessful reinstallations, I finally was able to fix the issue. I uninstalled all my antivirus software, disabled firewalls, stopped all services that could use any port on my computer, and then reinstalled WAMP server. This time everything worked fine. After I got WAMP server working, I enabled antivirus protection and firewall.

Thank all of you for your help – your postings gave me an idea where to search for the cause of the issue.

great!!
i'm glad u succeeded without reinstalling windows coz it's a shame to format everything !!

---------------------------------------------
XP SP3 - pIV - 3.2Ghz - 1.5Go de ram - Wamp 2.0

similar problem here, after a failed install of daemon tools, it seems windows reverted to the last good known configuration (or the tech guys at the server farm) so WAMPS won't run anymore

My concern is that reinstalling is going to remove everything I had customized or even the MySQL database lists ? I've backup a few files :

Apache :
--------
httpd.conf
httpd-vhosts.conf

PHPadmin :
---------
config.inc.php

MySQL :
-------
my.ini
Entrire \data\ folder

PHP :
----
php.ini

Any other files I would need or is that a lost cause anyway ?

1. I'm used to change the data folder to one on another drive, so i don't need to worry when i need to format/reinstall. And same for my www folder. (to use a custom data folder, just edit my.ini)

2. I assume your backed up the www directory with all your files.

3. Wamp uses 2xPHP.INI:
The one in : PHP\php.ini is only used for cli (command line)
The other used for your php pages is stored in the apache dir: \wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.6\bin\php.ini
so be sure to backup this one too.

---------------------------------------------
XP SP3 - pIV - 3.2Ghz - 1.5Go de ram - Wamp 2.0

Thanks actually a straight reinstall did the trick as the intaller must keep newer config files...

...but now I have a weird problem, the new stuff I add under \www\ is not served by Apache, it just says the directory doesn't exist, anyone know what that could be due to ? I tried restarting the services, putting it offline/online, rebooting, no go :-(

watch your httpd.conf file to see what the root dir is used in it.

---------------------------------------------
XP SP3 - pIV - 3.2Ghz - 1.5Go de ram - Wamp 2.0

Thanks, just figured out I was editing an old branch under \www after I modified the VH, duh !

I had a same problem
after i follow the instruction

eventvwr.msc

i found

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Apache Service
Event Category: None
Event ID: 3299
Date: 2008-7-5
Time: 19:14:21
User: N/A
Computer: PC249432916023
Description:
The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> (OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 .

For more information, see Help and Support Center at [go.microsoft.com].


then I turn off my xunlei downloader... sth like flashget. then start again. It work..
Thanks.

I had the same error, and it seems like Skype was using my port 80. All I did was turn off Skype and restart WAMP Server and it worked.

Easiest way to solve port problem conflict between skype and apache :

Skype permit you to change the port it uses.
Open skype options menu > advanced > connection >
change used port to:
use port : 13415
Apply/restart skype

Now the port 80 is free to run apache


The other way is to edit httpd.conf in the apache/conf directory and changes 80 for 8080 (needs to be changed two times in that file)
Restart apache
Then use [localhost] to connect to your server.

---------------------------------------------
XP SP3 - pIV - 3.2Ghz - 1.5Go de ram - Wamp 2.0

If a service is started, is it started by a process? Similarly, may a service occupy a port? Therefore, ensuring that a service, such as httpd, is stopped prior to starting WAMPServer, will that ensure that WAMPServer can start the service. I began running two versions of WAMPServer and found that the two services can conflict with each other.