Windows cannot find 'http:/.127.0.0.1:%HTTPPORT%/apex/f?p=4950'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again

Question

I am trying to install Oracle Express 11g, after I download the zip file OracleXE112_Win64 - I unzip it, and open Disk 1 then setup. I go through the entire install

Answer 1

I was also facing this issue

Error- Windows cannot find 'http://127.0.01:%HTTPPORT%/apex/f?p=4950'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again

After some research work, I found out that my HTTPPORT ie. 8080 was occupied by Apace HTTP Server and hence connection by OracleServiceXE could not be established.

What I did to solve this issue was :

1. Go to Windows -> Services, found out Apache2.4 and manually stopped it to free my 8080 port.
2. Clicked on Start Database, and I received message :

The OracleServiceXE service is starting.............. The OracleServiceXE service was started successfully.

3. Manually entered http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex/f?p=4950 url to my browser which auto redirected me to http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex/f?p=4950:1:3763261197573303

That's it my issue got resolved.

In order to remember this new url and make sure that next time whenever I hit Get Started I should be redirected to http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex/f?p=4950:1:3763261197573303 instead of http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex/f?p=4950, what I did was :

1. Browse to Directory:\OracleDatabase\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server and search for Get_Started.html.
2. Right Click on Get_Started.html and select Properties
3. Modify your url and click Apply

Hope this Helps.