WAMP icon is orange - tried skype and install apache service fixes

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My WAMP icon is randomly orange. I think the only change I've made to this computer is installing Windows Visual Studio Express.

I've followed this on solving it... including changing Skype port and installing apache service fixes: Wampserver 2.1 gives orange icon after install on Windows 7

It gives the following... I have no idea what Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0 is... but more importantly why WAMP isn't running on this port:

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Other things I've tried:

in System32/drivers/hosts file, change ::1 localhost to 127.0.0.1 localhost, but it was already set the correct way: http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,70321
Look in WAMP apache error log: Nothing

Any other suggestions?

EDIT:

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This one bit me as well - see http://www.ferolen.com/blog/microsoft-httpapi2-0-use-port-80-cannot-start-wamp-apache/ for more detail. You need to deactivate the `Web Deployment Agent Service (MsDepSvc)` service — fvu, Jun 25 '14 at 23:49
Okay I did that, but Web Deployment Agent Service started itself on system reboot... and I tried manually starting apache from `Admin tools -> Services` and it threw the error above. — user3871, Jun 25 '14 at 23:57
@fvu Since it seems correlated to my MS Visual Studio install, I read this line `solutions mentioned about turning off Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)` and thought of uninstalling it. You think that would help? — user3871, Jun 25 '14 at 23:58
@fvu whoops. Had to go to `msconfig` and turn off the auto start for `Web Deployment Agent Service` and, on restart, the WAMP platform boots up. Thanks! — user3871, Jun 26 '14 at 00:01
@fvu please post as answer, including changing auto start in `msconfig`, and I'll accept it! Thanks again — user3871, Jun 26 '14 at 00:02
I just checked, seems like I didn't have to do anything in MSConfig, could be related to the version/edition of MsDepSvc?? Mine came with WebMatrix. — fvu, Jun 26 '14 at 15:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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This one bit me as well - see http://www.ferolen.com/blog/microsoft-httpapi2-0-use-port-80-cannot-start-wamp-apache/ for more detail. You need to deactivate the "Web Deployment Agent Service" (MsDepSvc) service.

Several references to that service here on SO as well, like here, it doesn't seem useful at all when you're using a non IIS stack.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Jun 26 '14 at 15:00

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