Upgraded to Windows 10 and now WAMP won't work

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I had WAMP working happily on windows 7 as my local development server. Upgraded to Windows 10 today and had an orange WAMP icon on my taskbar. Turns out Windows had installed and ran IIS automatically (why?).

I disabled IIS, restarted, started WAMP and the icon turned green. However, going to localhost results in a connection refused message. I used the 'Test Port 80' option on the WAMP menu and it says that yes, Server: Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) PHP/5.3.10 is listening on port 80.

The Apache error log doesn't display anything helpful.

[Wed Jul 29 17:48:40 2015] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) PHP/5.3.10 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Jul 29 17:48:40 2015] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Wed Jul 29 17:48:40 2015] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4200
[Wed Jul 29 17:48:41 2015] [notice] Child 4200: Child process is running
[Wed Jul 29 17:48:41 2015] [notice] Child 4200: Acquired the start mutex.
[Wed Jul 29 17:48:41 2015] [notice] Child 4200: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Wed Jul 29 17:48:41 2015] [notice] Child 4200: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Wed Jul 29 17:48:41 2015] [notice] Child 4200: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

The Apache access log just displays several instances of

127.0.0.1 - - [29/Jul/2015:17:52:47 -0700] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 302 202

Any hints, clues, questions to ask on how to proceed? Any way to get more details on why the connection would be refused, and what changed in Windows 10 that would cause it?

I got the same problem, `net stop WAS` and restarting Apache solved it. — Benoit Esnard, Jul 30 '15 at 13:51

score 45 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 04 '15 at 09:45

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Search for "Turn Windows features on or off" on the taskbar.
Under "Internet Information Services" deselect "World Wide Web Services" that Microsoft must turn on by default (takes port).
Reboot and WAMP came back up as before.

With some windows updates it might occur the need to repeat this operation

edited Sep 04 '15 at 09:45

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answered Jul 30 '15 at 14:12

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This is the first step I took to get the icon to turn green. IIS is disabled now, I confirmed by using the 'Test Port 80' option that told me it was apache listening on port 80. – aurath Jul 30 '15 at 19:54
Could you be more specific? How and where should I search for "Control Panel"? I don't see an option "Uninstall programs" anywhere, neither do I see an option "Turn Windows features on or off" etc. – Mark Jul 31 '15 at 10:32
Can search "Programs and Features" to reach the required screen. – Ryan Bayne Aug 03 '15 at 14:54
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Reboot is not necessary, just click on WAMP icon and select RESTART ALL SERVICES – clod986 Aug 27 '15 at 08:46
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@clod986 Since Windows requests a reboot after the change it's advisable to do so. – rybo111 Sep 03 '15 at 21:17
@rybo111 I agree with the fact that is ADVISIBLE. ;) – clod986 Sep 04 '15 at 08:38
@mark click on start menu, click "Settings". In the upper right hand corner there will be a text box. In that text box type in "Turn Windows features on or off". It will show up in the search results on the left. – Ken Johnson Apr 19 '16 at 15:39
Thanks @KenJohnson. After 9 months I finally know where to search for "Turn Windows features on or off" :-) For being so unclear, I down-vote Jack's answer. – Mark Apr 19 '16 at 22:21
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Since `With some windows updates it might occur the need to repeat this operation`, I think a better solution is to leave IIS installed (it is required for me to have it installed anyway...) and simply stop the default web site from IIS Manager (which GUI application so even a child can figure it out). It's simple, fast, easy and you don't have to install/install anything. – NoOne May 09 '16 at 18:23
This no longer finds "Turn Windows features on or off" – eithed May 20 '16 at 10:17

rybo111 · Answer 2 · 2016-02-25T18:06:07.310

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When I upgraded to Windows 10, Wamp had a port problem with Apache.

Run cmd as Administrator, and enter:

iisreset /stop

Then Apache > Service > Install Service will prompt you to press Enter to install as normal.

Once installed Restart All Services and you should be up and running.

You may also need to install: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

edited Feb 25 '16 at 18:06

answered Aug 03 '15 at 09:14

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"Access denied, you must be an administrator of the remote computer". That is what I got after entering that. I'm on the laptops administration account. – Ryan Bayne Aug 03 '15 at 14:52
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@WebTechGlobal You must right-click the `cmd` shortcut and select 'Run as administrator' – rybo111 Aug 03 '15 at 15:05
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the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) from August 2016 caused my WAMP to not work at all (red icon). In addition to what @rybo111 said here, in my case I just needed to run `Apache > Service > Install Service` then `MySQL > Service > Install Service` before restarting all services. Didn't need to do a `iisreset` (IIS wasn't running on my machine). – dean.huczok Oct 03 '16 at 03:53

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 14:41

it's working: Enjoy

1. Go to Start, type in services.msc
2. Scroll down in the Services window to find the World Wide Web Publishing Service.
3. Right click on it and select Stop.
4. Now restart WAMP and you should be good to go.

Remember every time you need to do after restarting your computer... :)

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 03 '16 at 04:09

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My WAMP icon was RED after upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.

I found the solution here: http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,134516#msg-134518

The W10 install will have over wirtten all knowledge of the Apache and MySQL services.

Dont Panic: All you need to do is:

Start WampServer

left click wampmanager -> Apache -> Services -> Install Service

left click wampmanager -> MySQL -> Services -> Install Service

Stop WampServer

Start WampServer

It should be fine now.

I didn't have IIS running, and nothing was using my port 80. Didn't even restart the PC, just the above solved my WAMP issues. Hope this helps someone else!

answered Jan 03 '16 at 04:09

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Thanks. Finally the answer. I think the issue may have been that I didn't have the c++ distributable installed during initial install of wamp, so these services needed installing manually. – dt192 Jun 17 '16 at 21:14
I can't believe this thing worked out! Don't really know what the reason was, re-installed it, disabled iis, installed bunch of C++ packages... You have a beer from me! Cheers! :) – Andrey Popov Feb 07 '17 at 19:20
I keep on coming here as a ritual, everytime after a windows update – SajithNair May 23 '18 at 12:50

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 11 '16 at 06:34

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If other answers not work, try running wampserver as administrator.

answered Feb 11 '16 at 06:34

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 15 '15 at 16:46

Windows 10

My solution: You have to remove wamp completely, I used REVO Uninstaller which remove all files. Check that there is NO Wamp Folder on the C:/ drive. Empty trash bin.

Go to windows and install all the c++ visuals and updates (for what ever system you have).

Restart machine every time it tells you to, download a fresh wamp and install.

Start wamp, it should go orange.

Go to windows programs (turn features on / off and remove remove IIS service, reboot the machine, restart wamp and bingo it goes green!

I know that this seems along way round but it worked for me after trying all the suggestions on here.

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 30 '15 at 08:09

Check you HOSTS file. c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts you will need admin privileges to edit this file.

It should contain at least these lines without a # comment symbol in column 1 :-

127.0.0.1  localhost
::1  localhost

plus any entries for Virtual Hosts you may have.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '15 at 20:01

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Figured it out. I had a static IP before the update. The router port forwarded to it to allow me to use a subdomain of our dns entry to access the dev server. Restoring the static IP configuration solved the problem.

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 02 '15 at 23:57

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i figured out after many trials that the 32 bit version working perfectly , The 64 version insist not to work

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 18 '15 at 13:26

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If nothing helped you above like it was the case for me.

Find what is on port 80

netstat -aon | findstr :80

And kill the pid found

taskkill /PID pidFound

example:

taskkill /PID 1852

It was SKYPE...

Have a nice day ;)

answered Oct 18 '15 at 13:26

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It was skype for me aswell, this comment saved my time. Thanks :D – StudentX Dec 06 '15 at 07:14

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 18 '15 at 13:34

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If nothing helped you above like it was the case for me.

Find what is on port 80

netstat -aon | findstr :80

And kill the pid found

taskkill /PID pidFound

example:

taskkill /PID 1852

It was Skype for me

answered Oct 18 '15 at 13:34

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered May 07 '17 at 06:09

If you installed on Windows, its common issue you come up with Wamp server since default windows web services (ie IIS) uses your port which is 80.

You could find it with netstat -aon | findstr :80

Simple solution is finding another port :) within 1024-49151

Bhaumik Belani · Answer 13 · 2018-02-14T12:41:16.540

since the last update of windows in december(approx 21st dec) i was facing some critical problem and not starting apache is one of them.

I was looking for a proper solution since. so i followed following steps

1) checked service and found wampapache64 service was not starting. tried to start manually with different settings but nothing worked

2) tried removing and installing service of apache from wamp menu but didnt work either

3) so i tried the bellow code in cmd(administrative mode)

cd c:/wamp/bin/apache/ApacheX.X.X/bin httpd.exe -e debug

it started my apache service

(if this dont start then try step 2 again)

even after all this your apache service dont start right click on wamp icon>tools>restart DNS and then restart wamp

(before the windows update i had set static ip, so it was not working when i removed that ip. the above process allowed access to dynamic ip

this will surely work. good luck

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Aug 06 '15 at 14:24

I had the same problem on Windows 10 64-bit, running Wamp 2.5 64-bit.

Unfortunately, the above solutions didn't work for my specific problem. Solutions from other sites failed as well.

However, I was able to fix this by uninstalling the 64-bit Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 and installing the 32-bit version in it's place.

I re-installed Wamp, and voila - Problem solved.

Hope this helps.

score 0 · Answer 15 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Windows 10 have the "World Wide Web Publishing" enabled by default, which is occupying port 80.

Check this answer out: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31884592/209532

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answered Aug 07 '15 at 18:45

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Aug 15 '15 at 16:01

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Try to put on a CD/DVD first I've done that as well it works better cause it sees it as boot

answered Aug 15 '15 at 16:01

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Sep 09 '15 at 07:45

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The aswere provide by @rybo11, working like a charm in windows 10.
Follow this steps:

Run cmd like administrator
write this command in terminal: iisreset /stop
Install wamp server 32/64 bit
Enjoy!

answered Sep 09 '15 at 07:45

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Sep 12 '15 at 21:08

I have been reading all the solutions, and honestly I got lost as I am not that technical. This is my solution: click on the vamp icon (left mouse button) and go with your pointer to apache, once you on appache you will see the httpd.conf file. Open this file and look for the nexy line: Listen 12.34.56.78:80 Listen 0.0.0.80 Listen [::0]:80. Change 80 into i.e. 12. Save the file and restart services. Use localhost:12 as url. It works for me.

Henrique Van Klaveren · Answer 19 · 2015-10-28T21:47:37.753

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If you don't have ISS started, and have a same problem...

Try it: In my case, i use Skype and this problem is caused because the Skype use 80 and 443 ports to accept incoming connections aditionals.

In Skype, click in Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Connections -> set unmarked checkbox (Use 80 and 443 ports for connections...)

Reboot your Windows, and the WAMPSERVER start all services correctly.

be happy!

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answered Oct 28 '15 at 21:18

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score 0 · Answer 20 · edited Dec 31 '15 at 13:05

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Activating WAMP after the 2015-2016 update

Right click on "This PC" on your desktop and choose "Manage"
On the left side select the "Services and Applications"
Double click on "Services" in the middle window
Scroll down in the Services window to find the World Wide Web Publishing Service. Right click on it and select Stop.
Now restart WAMP and you should be good to go.

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Feb 20 '16 at 06:35

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I got a windows 10 64 bit machine. I simply uninstalled the existing 64bit wamp installed, and installed 32 bit after installing VC++ support.

Now it worked for me

answered Feb 20 '16 at 06:35

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Jannik · Answer 22 · 2016-03-12T10:56:06.703

EDIT: if you have already installed WITHOUT admin. privileges you need to do a reinstall WITH admin. privileges. Less won't do (at least for me).

What Mohammad Ali Akbari said was the turning point for me, up until that point all I ever got was red. Here's listed my full set of actions (note that some of them might be redundant):

1) download C++ redistibutable like so many others said - I chose 32-bit version (x86) just to be sure as some1 noted it might be an issue using x64

2) make sure IIS is disabled (and no other program occupies port 80) - again as described by so many others (control panel -> programs and functions -> disable or enable windows functions), testable by rightclicking wampserver icon -> tools -> Test port 80

3) I also manually edited the host file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts as described by RiggsFolly to uncomment

127.0.0.1  localhost
::1  localhost

4) And finally I ran the program with administrator privileges

Result: instant full green icon :)

Hope it helps, and thank you all for this thread!

badmidget · Answer 23 · 2017-06-07T12:18:55.980

Left click on the Wamp icon > Localhost.

If this brings up the WampServer page, Apache is running.

If you can't get to the WampServer page, then you should left click on the Wamp icon > Apache > Service.

If all options there are grayed out except Install Service and Remove Service, then click Install Service.

Left click on the Wamp icon > Restart all services.

Click phpmyadmin under the Tools heading. If you get an error like (#2002), then there is likely a problem with your MySQL installation.

Left click on theWamp icon > MySQL > Service.

If all options there are grayed out except Install Service and Remove Service, then click Install Service.

Left click on the Wamp icon > Restart all services.

This fixed the problem for me and I hope it does for others as well.

score 0 · Answer 24 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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easy way to fix click wamp icon than click Apache and from there click httpd.conf and open it and find this line in file

Listen 12.34.56.78:80

Listen 80

change this to

Listen 12.34.56.78:81

Listen 81

now restart wamp services now in browser window you can access localhost by typing this

localhost:81

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Jul 08 '16 at 15:16

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Ig you have Skype running close it and restart all services!

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jul 25 '16 at 14:59

I install wamp and visual C++ which is required for windows 10 but my wamp is orange. I just follow these step. 1 - Left click on wamp icon >> Apache >> Services 2-Click on Install services 3- Stop and restart wamp server

and it turn to green. one more thing you need to check if you are using skype. Open skype 1Tool>>Option>>advance>>Connection Uncheck the port 80 it by default selected.

score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Nov 15 '16 at 17:40

Setting up WAMP on Windows 10 I struggled with this for 2 days and finally found a very simple solution.

I completely uninstalled WAMP. After messing with it for 2 days, I wanted to make sure to start over with "factory settings."
1. I downloaded a new copy of WAMP. During the install process it told me that a WAMP folder already existed, and asked if I still wanted to install it there. I said yes.
2. I opened notepad as an administrator. I navigated to HOSTS file. C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  I removed the '#' comment from these 2 lines. 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost
3. I saved the file, and bingo! Worked like a charm. WAMP worked exactly as it was supposed to after that. And BTW, I didn't have to change any port settings.

Hope this helps someone else.

score 0 · Answer 28 · answered Dec 15 '16 at 20:20

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I use WAMP x64 version and had an issue of apache not starting, this I fixed by installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable. After a restart apache was working again.

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score 0 · Answer 29 · answered Aug 13 '17 at 12:20

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I have solved this issue by stopping a service
SQL Server Reporting Service(SQLEXPRESS)
and install apache service.

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score 0 · Answer 30 · answered Nov 25 '19 at 15:58

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If you use VMWare -> just go to windows services (type services in search bar) and right-click on VMware Authorization Service (from list) and at the end select stop. Now try to start apache again.

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score -1 · Answer 31 · edited Oct 19 '15 at 14:52

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You need to fix your httpd.conf and alias configuration files. Here is a description how to solve it: https://www.hieule.info/web/solve-the-denied-access-problem-when-using-wamp-server-2-on-windows-8/#comment-12822

Logical and it works for Windows 10 (Home Basic)

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Upgraded to Windows 10 and now WAMP won't work

31 Answers31

Listen 12.34.56.78:80

Listen 12.34.56.78:81

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