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

I faced the same problem when running the wampserver. The icon was orange (server offline). Please find the steps I followed to get them working.

• Uninstalled IIS to let apache use port 80 (DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM)

• I changed the apache port from 80 to 8080 in httpd.conf restarting the services and it worked the icon turned green. (FIXED THE PROBLEM)

FIX without changing the port in httpd.conf

Wanted to find which service/application was using the port 80 run your command line as administrator and type

netstat -ab

Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections.

Results showed port 80 being used

TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING [Can not obtain ownership information]

googling the msg helped me find the service "Web Deployment Agent Service" that was using the port. stopped the service. Updated the httpd.conf to use port 80 again.

Edit : After stopping the service, set its startup type to "Manual" to avoid the problem from reoccurring

Look here for more details : http://benohead.com/windows-port-80-already-use/

Note: I found the "Web Deployment Agent Service" from "administrative tools >> services" (It wasn't listed in taskmanager/services).

Restarted the wampserver and It worked, apache now uses port 80.

TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING [httpd.exe]

Answer 2

I had also that problem, there might be another program running on the same ports, I know skype can be difficult to run with wamp and xammp servers.

Check out if something else is running on same ports and turn skype off = the fix :))

edit: netstat -a -b will show all listening ports and the executable name If you prefer a graphical version, Microsoft's TCPView will show you the same information, updating in real-time.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx

if you have other programmes running on the same ports you will have to change the ports of your virtual server.

Answer 3

Sometimes there's a service running on the port which is needed by the sql server or apache.

Copy this string and save in a .bat file:

FOR /F "usebackq tokens=5" %%i IN (`netstat -aon ^| find "3306"`) DO taskkill /F /PID %%i

change 'find "3306"' in the port number which needs to be free. Then run the file as admin. It will kill all the processes running on this port

Answer 4

I use this way to solve my problem. Click Wampserver icon -> Apache -> Service Administration -> Install Service -> click on wampserver icon again -> Apache -> Service Administration -> Start/Resume Service.

Done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75FFNArSPvU

Answer 5

I uninstalled previous older version of wamp, and installed both services and started and works.

Answer 6

1 of 2 services running..... Check the directory of your Wamp installation.....Make Sure it is C....it resolves my problem.