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There appears to be a flaw in my system that is preventing apps from opening the hosts file. It's not just your script that can't do it. Powertoys gives an error saying the file is in use by another program when it tries to open it. I can actually open it with Notepad++ and it shows what it should show but it will not save any changes. All the file permissions required are in effect. So, t
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Thanks for keeping this going. I unfortunately misled you somewhat saying I had Malwarebytes installed. I don't. I have MalwareFighter instead. I used to have MWB but it was incompatible with some other product I had and it got removed. Sorry. However, I really thought I'd cracked it this morning. You said earlier that Defender should have asked permission for httpd.exe, which it had not at a
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Otomatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try after setting the entire C:\wamp64 folder as an Exclusion in Windows Defender and Zone Alarm, and see if there are any quarantined C:\wamp64 files in them. I'm afraid this might be a little above my pay-grade. FYI, ZoneAlarm has been disabled ever since you told me it wasn't necessary to have both it and Defen
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Thank you for your continuing support. Here are the contents of the wamptrace.log after starting wampserver: --- File cleaned up by Wampserver installation or update --- - Wampserver trace report - Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:14:36 +0000 script C:\wamp64\scripts\config.trace.php WAMPTRACE_FILE=c:/wamp64/logs/wamptrace.log script C:\wamp64\scripts\getStartDate.php script C:\wamp64\scripts\config
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Thanks for your honesty! I know what it's like to try to sort something out remotely. Maybe you could tell me what executables are run when the icon is right- and left-clicked, and I can try running them manually. Or is that too simple? I looked at the php_error.log and it's saying 'Error: Failed opening required '../files/apacheloadedmodules.php'. This module doesn't exist in the wamp64
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Uninstalled Wamp64 as directed earlier. Re-booted. Reran the VC++ install. Again, nothing new. Re-downloaded wampserver3.3.7_x64.exe just in case there had been any corruption. Reinstalled. This time I actually checked to see if IIS was running - it was not. No change in behaviour - clicking on the green wampserver icon has no effect. If there are any log files I can report on, please
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Regarding the VC++ files, I originally did download and run the VisualCppRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe file you mention. I just re-ran it (as an admin) and it basically did nothing, so it looks like everything is up to date in that department. I'll uninstall again as you suggested before and go through it all carefully once more, but we might be heading towards the traditional definition of insanity.
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Otomatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > this, but you are installing on an NTFS disk? Yes.
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Thank you for the advice. I have done all that precisely as given, but unfortunately the result is just the same - a green icon that does not respond to any clicking and localhost gives the same errors. I must be missing something somewhere. Sorry to be a pain.
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Thank you for the quick response. I successfully dragged and dropped the icon into the notification area (sorry for using 'taskbar' before). There was no change to its behaviour when clicked on. I set Windows Firewall to use all the recommended settings and disabled ZoneAlarm. Again, no change. I tried your DUMP_MODULES command and it listed 30+ module names. I restarted wampmanager a
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To answer all the questions as requested: 1 - Windows version used: Windows 11, 64 bit 2 - Version WampServer: 3.3.7_x64 3 - Apache Version: 2.4.62.1. 4 - PHP Version: No idea. 5 - MySQL Version: 9.1.0 5a - MariaDB version: 11.5.2 6 - What color is the WampServer icon: n/a - it does not appear in the Notification Area, but does appear in the 'hidden icons' display, and it is green there. C
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