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Jeremie
Jeremie

Reputation: 41

Wamp server can't connect to localhost

I am having a problem with wamp server (again). First the icon would not turned green so I change the port to 8080 and now it turns green. However, when I visit localhost, I just get the message in the screenshot below.

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Does anyone know what's going on here? Same when I try to go to PhpMyAdmin. I have version 2.1

Upvotes: 2

Views: 40495

Answers (6)

provokoe
provokoe

Reputation: 178

Check in your hosts file to see if there is a entry like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost

if there is a # before it like this

# 127.0.0.1 localhost

delete the hash as that is a comment

you will find your host file at: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

Upvotes: 0

AndroidOptimist
AndroidOptimist

Reputation: 1449

I too faced the same issue during the installation. This error is due to

1) if some other service is running on the same port

2) if some other application may block your application.

For checking

1.) Select the server icon. Select "www directory" and make sure it is pointing to where it should and that there are files there. --- It points to my Documents/wamp/www --- where there are an index and your test files.

2.) Select the server icon. Select Apache. Select service. Select "test port 80". See what port 80 is actually used by. --- I get "your port 80 is actually used by:......

Here you can find your port is used by which service. If you have iis running remove that temporarily now by control panel-> uninstall program -. turn window feature on/off -> iis.

After this restart your system and run wampserver now. It will work Hope this may help

Upvotes: 1

user1788542
user1788542

Reputation:

This will surely work: Check in which Drive your Windows OS is installed. If it is E, F or other then C, then install wampp in that particular drive.

If Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package is not intalled then install from : Download link

It should work.

Upvotes: 1

Vainglory07
Vainglory07

Reputation: 5293

Check your system for any program that uses the port 80, and turn it off.

Upvotes: 1

Cameeob2003
Cameeob2003

Reputation: 482

Do you have Skype on in the background? If so turn it of restart your web server on port 80.

Edit: Like said in another response check for anything on port 80 and turn it off.

Upvotes: 2

Jörg Beyer
Jörg Beyer

Reputation: 3671

try http://localhost:8080 (or http://127.0.0.1:8080 if there is a problem with the resolution of localhost)

you changed the port and I am not sure if you reflect this in your request.

Upvotes: 12

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