wamp server does not start: Windows 7, 64Bit

Question

I am trying to install wamp server (following is the exact setup name) on windows 7, 64Bit OS. But it never starts, icon stays in orange color meaning some services did not

Answer 1

You can open the Windows event viewer to try to get more information about the errors : in the "Application" section of the Windows logs, there is a good chance you will find error messages from Apache. (At least I found what was wrong in my case there !)

Answer 2

I navigated to C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.4.4\bin run httpd and the apache (pink and white icon) loads into the system tray. The orange W also turned green.

The apacheapache service wasn't running, it wasn't on the services list (start > type services) which is why it's orange not green.

Solution: A re-install worked for me.

My version is: WAMPSERVER (64Bits & PHP 5.4) 2.4 Apache : 2.4.4 MySQL : 5.6.12 PHP : 5.4.12 PHPMyAdmin : 4.0.4 SqlBuddy : 1.3.3 XDebug : 2.2.3 http://www.wampserver.com/en/

Answer 3

Follow these steps (taken from this Youtube video).

1. Quit Skype
2. Uninstall IIS
   • Go to control panel
   • Refer to PROGRAMS AND FEATURES
   • Go to TURN WINDOWS FEATURES ON OR OFF
   • Look for INTERNET information service
   • Uninstall

Answer 4

My solution to fix that problem was the following:

Start > search > cmd.exe (Run as administrator)

Inside the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) type:

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

**Note that the ApacheX.X.X is the version of the Apache wamp is running.

This should output what the apache server is doing. The error that causes Apache from loading should be in there. My problem was that httpd.conf was trying to load a DLL that was missing or was corrupted (php5apache2_4.dll). As soon as I overwrote this file, I restarted Wamp and everything ran smooth.

Answer 5

I solved the problem this way:

• On the orange WAMP icon, click Apache > Service > Test Port 80. Came back with "Port 80 not accessible -- (could be Skype)"
• Sign out from Skype and close program.
• Click orange icon and hit Apache > Service > Install Service
• Click orange icon and hit Apache > Service > Start Service
• Click orange icon and hit Put Online
• Icon turns green and service is started and online

Answer 6

For me it got resolved using following link: http://viralpatel.net/blogs/wamp-server-not-getting-started-problem/

where i was using skype and Wamp both installed and running