WAMP Server V 2.5 icon is orange,does not respond and no menu

Question

I have Windows 7 32 bit and wanted to work on wordpress to host my own page but to do that I got virtual server WAMP Server V 2.5 and after installing it, icon in taskbar wa

Answer 1

Did you try switching MySQL ports? If you have another version of mySQL already installed outside of WAMP - you could run into the same problem..

When I tested port 3306 (default sql port) it told me it was being used by 'mysqld.exe' (but not 'wampmysqld64.exe' - WAMP's mysql) which was from a different version of MySQL I had previously installed on the machine and since forgot about.

Answer 2

If the wampmanager menu is not appearing, it sounds like you are missing one or more of the required MSVC Runtime libraries on your system.

There are a number that WampManager/Apache/MySQL/PHP require but as WAMPServer can install Apache versions back as far as Apache 2.22 and PHP version back to PHP5.3.5 it is simpler to make sure you have a complete set.

Please make sure you have the latest version of all of these Microsoft C/C++ Redistributable runtime libraries. You dont need the whole compiler, just these C/C++ runtime libraries.

FOR WAMPServer 32bit

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

If you are using WampServer 2.4 or 2.5 32bit and therefore Apache 2.4.x

Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 is required And select vcredist_x86.exe

Later versions may also require

Microsoft Visual C++ 2014 and select vcredist_x86.exe

Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 and select vcredist_x86.exe

FOR WAMPServer 64bit

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

Yes you need the x86 Package regardless as
wampmanager is a 32bit exe even on a 64 bit install

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)

If you are using WampServer 2.4 64bit

Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 SP1 Redistributable Package And select vcredist_x64.exe

Later versions may also require

Microsoft Visual C++ 2014 and select vcredist_x86.exe

Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 and select vcredist_x64.exe

BIG NOTE

The names of these runtime installs are almosts all called vcredist_x86.exe !!! So download and install them one at a time or you will get very confused.

Once they are installed your 'Programs and Features' should look something like this :-

32bit systems

64bit systems

Answer 3

I had the orange status issue too. Apparently the Apache server that was already running from the previous launch did not terminate properly. Hence I had to kill that through the task manager to get the WAMP server running again.

Answer 4

I have finally fixed it!!!
If you have installed another mysql server for visual studio or netbeans it will use port: 3306;
But for Wampsever 3 all you have to do is to right click the wamp ORANGE icon then under mysql group click test another port;
it will show you a dialog with port: 3307;
then press OK. Thats it; then the icon will turn GREEN;
Don't forget to say

cout <<"YESSS!" << endl;

Answer 5

Have you tried running it on another port? Just changed the port of your wamp server and try again. Google out how to change the port of wamp server etc..

Answer 6

My Apache service was reporting a fatal error on startup which could be found in the Event Viewer's Windows Logs -> Application. You can find your particular error from the event logs as well, if the checklist of common fixes (like closing Skype) doesn't solve it. My specific error was a syntax error on an alias file I wrote.