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Micheal Russell
Courses Plus Student 1,312 Pointslocalhost wamp will not run on my PC
i have down loaded everything that was indicated but it freezes when i try to run it. it is stopping me from testing database PHP or HTML. A few years ago an app was not needed to use localhost. i don't care what changed just want anything that works.
5 Answers
Joshua Elmore
15,250 PointsWamp is FOR windows, otherwise you'd be running a LAMP stack.
I have the latest version running on my Windows 10 Machine. Make sure you are trying to install the correct program, 32 or 64 bit.
Also check out this forum post.
Micheal Russell
Courses Plus Student 1,312 PointsWow you guys are up late at the end of a 3 day week end. Thank all of you for your response. I did forget to mention I am on Windows 7. That should not make a difference. xamp had pretty much the same problem. Just stops like it is waiting for something. I will look at that site forum.wampserver.com that Joshua Elmore as I may have missed something during my search.
Micheal Russell
Courses Plus Student 1,312 PointsI did see something at the forum I didn't think it was my problem. The comment that wamp won't run on XP. When I reinstalled Windows on my PC I started getting messages for XP as though my PC was an XP and not Windows 7. I need to research this further. Thanks all.
Simon Coates
28,694 Pointsso you're installed it, run the start executive for xampp or wamp, and then the program hangs? is that right? my last machine was windows 7 - the only issue i had with wamp stacks was when they didn't play nice with skype.
Micheal Russell
Courses Plus Student 1,312 Pointsthank you for your response. xamp does the samething. I don't use skype but i'm going to search and see if it is hiding on my machine some where.
Simon Coates
28,694 Pointsi don't think its skype, but it's worth knowing that xampp and a couple other programs have issues over wanting to use the same machine port.
Micheal Russell
Courses Plus Student 1,312 PointsThanks Simon, I don't know how to find who wants what port. I've been to busy to stay up with things like right now i need to go to a high school graduation. I'll see what I can do tonight.
Micheal Russell
Courses Plus Student 1,312 PointsThanks to all that tried to help. I started my computer in safe mode and everything worked. Start again in regular mode and back to the same problem. Bought another PC same model as this one with Windows 7 and everything worked perfectly. Someday I will find how to see what is using what ports and fix this problem.
Simon Coates
28,694 PointsFor starters, the port things was just a suggestion. You could try testing it by changing the port for your xampp or wamp install. It's just a matter of changing a config file to an unused port, then using using the port as part of the url. The issue is discussed here. You might be able to get a look at what is using which port (see here )
Simon Coates
28,694 PointsSimon Coates
28,694 PointsIf using a windows machine, if wamp doesn't work, you could try xampp, though i'm not sure what difference that would make.