WAMP Server - local server - 1 of 2 services running

Question

I installed WAMP server and ran the applpication. The icon in the taskbar stays orange and says "local server - 1 of 2 services running" . Also, I am able to see the phpMyAdmin page in the browser but when I try to login it gives the following error:

#2002 - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. <br />The server is not responding (or the local server's socket is not correctly configured).

I have tested port 80 and I got this response:

    ***** Test which uses port 80 *****

===== Tested by command netstat filtered on port 80 =====


Test for TCP
Your port 80 is used by a processus with PID = 6612
The processus of PID 6612 is 'httpd.exe' Session: Services
The service of PID 6612 for 'httpd.exe' is 'wampapache64'
This service is from Wampserver - It is correct

Test for TCPv6
Your port 80 is used by a processus with PID = 6612
The processus of PID 6612 is 'httpd.exe' Session: Services
The service of PID 6612 for 'httpd.exe' is 'wampapache64'
This service is from Wampserver - It is correct

===== Tested by attempting to open a socket on port 80 =====

Your port 80 is actually used by :

Server: Apache/2.4.18 (Win64) PHP/5.6.19

I believe that the above result means that there is no problem with the port. I even tried changing the port and still gives the same status - orange icon.

Note - When a prompt from Windows Firewall was shown after installing WAMP, I didn't give access to both private and public networks, i.e. I unchecked both the options.

Kindly help me to run both the services in the local server.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Click on the WAMP icon in the tray and go to Apache > service Administration and check if the service is installed or if it isn't running . You can even reinstall it by removing and installing it again. Do the same with MySQL . Go to MySQL > Service Administration and do the same things . In my case Apache service wasn't installed and Installing it did the trick. check the image below.

See this image

Answer 2

Most of the answers given on the Internet say to change the port used by Apache but that is not the solution in most of the cases.

Actually, start the WAMP server->right click on the icon -> tools -> use a port other than 3306 -> click on this -> set on 3308.

Hopefully, this will resolve the error.