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Title says it all. I believe it is a problem with Apache.

Skype is turned off and I have already changed some ports from 8080 to 80, so it's none of that.

As for the Apache Services, first of all the Start/Resume button is inactive.

If I ask to Test Port 80, I get the following message:

Your port 80 is actually used by :

Server: Apache/2.4.9 (Win32) PHP/5.5.12

Press Enter to exit...

If I click on Install the Services, I also get that:

Your port 80 is actually used by :

Server: Apache/2.4.9 (Win32) PHP/5.5.12

Cannot install the Apache service, please stop this application and try again.

Press Enter to exit...

I just don't understand the problem and could not find anything to tell me how to solve it. Who knows? Maybe it has nothing to do with Apache.

So yeah... Help, please!

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    Did you have a previous instalation of wamp/xamp ? – ka_lin Jul 05 '16 at 16:05
  • @KA_lin Nope. This is the same one I had and for the first time on this machine. It just decided to stop working after a while of me not using it. – theJuls Jul 05 '16 at 16:12
  • Have you tried to uninstall the apache service (and any related) and start normally? – ka_lin Jul 05 '16 at 16:20
  • Just did that. Still getting the same problems – theJuls Jul 05 '16 at 16:28
  • Are you sure Skype is not running? – ka_lin Jul 05 '16 at 16:32
  • If you want we can try on TeamViewer but we will have to talk here until the page tells us that we should have a private conference – ka_lin Jul 05 '16 at 16:34
  • Run command prompt as administrator, and then execute the following command `net start`. It'll list all active services. Find the name apache service has, and then stop it using `net stop `. Try running WAMP again. – hjpotter92 Jul 05 '16 at 16:38
  • @KA_lin sure, I've never used team viewer before, I will get it installed so we can try that out. That would be lovely. – theJuls Jul 05 '16 at 16:45
  • @hjpotter92 This may sound stupid, but I don't think I am getting the name of the apache service right. I thought it would be apache2.4.9 or Apache/2.4.9 but it says the service name is invalid. Am I missing something here? – theJuls Jul 05 '16 at 16:49

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Lets start from the beginning:

Your statement: first of all the Start/Resume button is inactive.

This normally means that the Apache service is running you dont want to start/resume it if its running

If the Post 80 test says

Your port 80 is actually used by :

Server: Apache/2.4.9 (Win32) PHP/5.5.12

This normally means that Apache is actually running

The WAMPServer apache service is called wampapache

If Apache is running there is no point trying to install the service as its already installed

So the problem is not APACHE

So what is the problem

Well if the icon is Orange, and Apache is running then the issue must be with MYSQL

Look at the MYSQL Error Log

left click wampmanager->MYSQL->Error log

Or read this answer WampServer orange icon

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