wampserver tray icon is missing [duplicate]

Question

I have had wamp server 2.2 installed in c: drive, (Windows 7), running Apache 2.2.9, Mysql 5.5.24 and PHP 5.3.1.

Then I re-installed it in another drive (d:) and transferred the data and www directory code there.

It worked ok for a while, with the localhost sites running perfectly, etc., but after a few days, the tray icon stopped displaying in the taskbar, when I run 'start Wampserver' in Start menu. Also, 'start Wampserver' shortcut icon is missing as well.

When I run it from the Start menu, I can see wampapache service running in the Services list, but wampmysqld is stopped. I can start it manually though, so eventually, wamp server runs ok, but with the tray icon in the taskbar missing and evidently, without having access to it's menu.

Also, when this issue first appeared, I noticed that 'wampmanager.exe' file was missing from wamp root directory and I needed to re-copy it there.

Is there any way I could retrieve the tray icon back without having to re-install wamp server again?

Answer 1

Ok quite a bit of confusion here!

First it is not good to try to install WAMPServer more than once on the same PC. The second install will work and become the installation that is used but a few things go wrong.

The start menu and desktop shortcuts to start WAMPServer will probably still be pointing to the folder from the first install. So these probably disappeared when you eventually deleted the old C:\wamp folder.

You can re-create these very easily by going to D:\wamp\ and making a shortcut of wampmanager.exe and putting that back onto your desktop and into the start menu.

Once you have these back, all should work again as you expect.