wampserver doesn't go green - stays orange

Question

I am trying to install wampserver on a win7-32bit. The installation goes smoothly but the icon doesn't turn green. It stays orange saying "Server online". I've trying different solutions nothing worked: -changed apache port to 8080. -turn off IIS and other stuff - even tried to instal xampp server but that didn't work either.

What else is there to do? Thanks.

Answer 1

I have had this issue before and it turned out that Skype was interferring with port 80. So you may have to look at your system to see if you have another application utilizing this port.

Anyway under Skype, to change this setting it was: Tools->Options->Advanced->Connection->Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections . Untick this, restart Skype, restart wamp.

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Answer 2

If you install WAMPServer before you install the C++ Redistributable, it won't work even after you've installed it because you will miss a critical step in the installation where you tell Windows Firewall to let Apache run.

1. Uninstall WAMP by running the unins file in the wamp directory
2. Download and install the vbasic package here [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328]
3. Restart your computer
4. Install WAMP again. You should see a message with a purple feather telling you to allow access. Do so, and you should be all good

Answer 3

the cause could be a variety of reasons. It might not show up in the log files. I had the case where the log showed Apache started, then all threads shut down, and absolutely no explanation why. Here's a tip for solving this problem everybody seems to have missed. The log file should show the full command line used to start apache, something like:

httpd -d C:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9

Do this: open a cmd window, cd to the apache bin directory, and run the command manually:

c:\> cd C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\bin
C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\bin> httpd -d C:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9

It blurted out the error stright away; problem solved in 5 minutes:

AH00526: Syntax error on line 609 of C:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/conf/httpd.conf:
CustomLog takes two or three arguments, a file name, a custom log format string or format name, and an optional "env=" or "expr=" clause (see docs)

this happened due to a syntax error I put in 'httpd.conf' while trying to make my wampserver multi-homed. But why didn't the apache people write this in the log file?

Answer 4

click WAMP icon -> Apache -> httpd.conf and find listen 80

new versions of WAMP uses

Listen 0.0.0.0:80
Listen [::0]:80

ServerName localhost:80

Change Port Number as you want, like

Listen 0.0.0.0:81
Listen [::0]:81

ServerName localhost:81

and now restart Wamp, thats it

and in web browser type as

http://localhost:81

Happy Coding..

Answer 5

After trying all the other solutions posted here (Skype, updates to C++ Redistributable), I found that another process was using port 80. The culprit was Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). You can stop the service from the command line on Windows 7/Vista:

net stop was /y

Or set the service to not start automatically by going to Services: click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Services. There, locate "WAS Service" and "World Wide Web Publication Service" and set them to manual or deactivate them completely.

Then restart the WAMP server.

More info: http://www.sitepoint.com/unblock-port-80-on-windows-run-apache/

Answer 6

但如果它没有解决问题，你可能已经安装了sql 2008 R2，所以对我有用的解决方案是这个wamp服务器问题黄色符号

Answer 7

Also in device manager, first click "show all processes", put a stop to HTTP

After this fix I got an IIS page issue on localhost which got solved when we did the step below:
Check your hosts file in the C:\\Windows\\System32\\Drivers\\etc\\ folder, if entry 127.0.0.1 localhost is commented then uncomment it by removing the # in front of that line.

Answer 8

WAMP Server may turn orange for various reason as it is not working. This is also a another type of issue. that can be due to webservices is running in services.msc This is explained in the below blog. Please try it. How to resolve HTTP Error 404 and launch localhost with WAMP Server for PHP & MySql?

Answer 9

Make a Ctrl+Alt+Suppr in order to see if no other Apache version is ever runing on your computer. It was the case for me, I just stop them and the light pass green!

Cheers!

Answer 10

I'm sure others have found this, but if you are using a workstation that has built in software that utilizes port 80 and are NOT authorized to remove it, changing which port your wampserver runs is another easy solution. This person nails the answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18713963/2480714

Answer 11

My problem was not related to skype as i didn't had it installed. The solution I found was that 2 .dll files(msvcp110.dll, msvcr110.dll) were missing from the directory :

C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\bin

So I copied these 2 files to all these locations just in case and restarted wamp it worked

C:\wamp
C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\bin
C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9
C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.17
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12

I hope this helps someone out.

Answer 12

you can run appache:

E:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\bin\httpd.exe -d E:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9

after that see the log of error and solve it.

Answer 13

Update 2017- Wamp version 3.0.6

If you have Installed VC redist from Microsoft but still your wamp icon is orange then it could be a conflict caused by Skype for port #80.

You will need to change port number as explained below.

Right click on Wamp--> tool--> apache section-->use a port other than 80

Now listen to

http://localhost:7080/phpmyadmin/

Answer 14

If you can't start Wamp anymore right after a Windows update, this is often caused because of Windows that has automatically re-turned on the World Wide Web Publishing Service.

To solve: Click on Start, type Services, click Services, find World Wide Web Publishing Service, double click it, set Startup type to Disabled and click Stop button, OK this dialog and try to restart Wamp.