You might, or might not, have some of these Services installed and running. Internet Information Server (WAS, IISADMIN) World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) SQL Server Reporting Services (ReportServer) Known Windows Services That Listen on Port 80įrom Services Manager (run: services.msc), stop and disable these native Windows Services which are known to bind to port 80.ĭouble click Service, and change ‘Startup Type’ to ‘Disabled’. wampmanager -> Apache -> Service -> Remove Service reinstall the Apache service. I started the wamp server but the services would not start (MYSQL and Apache). I now switched off the laptop and logged-in using another user account (not administrator).

If after installing Apache (or a WAMP such as WampDeveloper Pro), rebooting, and trying to start Apache again – Apache is not able to bind to port 80 and start, then another Application or Service has already taken this port.įor Apache to start, we have to figure out what’s using port 80 (and possibly port 443) on your system, and stop and disable it. I installed wampserver on a laptop using the administrator account. Apply Update 3.2.For Apache to be able to start/run, it has to be able to bind to (and listen on) port 80 (the HTTP port). You must install each package 'as an administrator', so right-click the exe file and then run as Administrator. To download missing packages, do not rely on Microsoft links, they are not reliable, download packages on in section Visual C++ Redistribuable Packagesĭo not forget that if you have a 64 bit Windows, you must install both 32 and 64 bit versions of each package. Note for people familiar with the Unix version of Apache: these commands provide a Windows equivalent to kill -TERM pid and kill -USR1 pid. After executing the httpd.exe application, the console redirected error as below. To restart Apache, either press Control-Break in the console window you used for starting Apache, or enter. Navigate to WAMP server installation folder. Make a new download to make sure you are using the correct version. Start the Windows Command Prompt console. Verify that all VC ++ packages are installed and with the latest versions.ĭo not use a previously loaded tool. This may be a problem related to VC++ packages What is the result of: Right-Click -> Tools -> Check states of servicesīut I'm afraid that your version 3.1.3 can't give the necessary details to understand the problem.

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