Apache – WAMP Apache not starting up

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I've trawled through the boards but cant find a solution to my problem.

I've run a netstat, and nothing else is using port 80. I have disabled every bit of security on my system, just to be doubly sure nothing is stopping it.

MySQL boots up just fine, but Apache does not start up. Using the built in port 80 tester also says that port 80 is clear, but when I click the start service button on Apache in WAMP nothing happens.

Any help is appreciated.

Best Answer

Run cmd.exe as administrator. Then execute:

httpd -t
httpd -k start

Are there any error messages displayed?

If not, temporarily disable any firewall and anti-virus software you have. Try again.

If you're still not getting any error messages, uninstall your WAMP and try one of the other distributions - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_WAMPs

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A lot of times skype/gtalk desktop version is the reason to make the port 80 busy. This dont appears on the netstat for some reason, but try to quit this kind of programs and start again your server.

Windows 10 – WAMP Orange

In Windows 10 Microsoft decided to enable the "World Wide Web Publishing Service" (a webserver) by default.

Try and run in cmd:

netstat -aon | findstr :80

And see something like:

  TCP    0.0.0.0:80             0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING       4
  ...
  TCP    [::]:80                [::]:0                 LISTENING       4
  TCP    [::1]:80               [::1]:50558            ESTABLISHED     4
  TCP    [::1]:50558            [::1]:80               ESTABLISHED     11504

You know you have another service blocking port 80.

Solution:

Start -> Type "Services" -> Enter -> Find "World Wide Web Publishing Service" -> Select it -> Right click -> Properties -> Change Startup type: Automatic to Manual and click the Stop bottom -> Apply/OK.

Now you can right click on you WAMP icon and click "Restart All Services".

Viola!

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