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Diego Marrs
Diego Marrs
8,243 Points
Posted by Diego Marrs
Diego Marrs
8,243 Points

Sent to WAMP page when going to localhost.

When I type localhost in my search bar, instead of seeing my testsite and localwp, I'm just directed to the WAMPSERVER homepage. I tried including localwp in the bar and I keep getting a '404 Not Found' error. I also get this: 'Apache/2.4.23 (Win64) PHP/5.6.25 Server at localhost Port 80'.

Something else that I think may have to do with it is XAMPP; when I try to start Apache or MySQL, I get this:

10:44:35 AM  [Apache]   Problem detected!
10:44:35 AM  [Apache]   Port 80 in use by ""c:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.23\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice" with PID 16448!
10:44:35 AM  [Apache]   Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
10:44:35 AM  [Apache]   You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
10:44:35 AM  [Apache]   or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
10:44:35 AM  [mysql]    Problem detected!
10:44:35 AM  [mysql]    Port 3306 in use by "c:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.14\bin\mysqld.exe wampmysqld64"!
10:44:35 AM  [mysql]    MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
10:44:35 AM  [mysql]    You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
10:44:35 AM  [mysql]    or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port

1 Answer

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points

I'm sorry I don't use WAMP so I can't give you directions on how to do this, but please checkout the docs for WAMP I hope this helps, it has a pretty basic breakdown of how to install.

Diego Marrs
Diego Marrs
8,243 Points
Diego Marrs
Diego Marrs
8,243 Points

Yeah, wasn't suppose to have WAMP and XAMPP activated all at once. Seeing Zac use MAMP in his WordPress installation video made me feel like I needed to have the windows equivalent of MAMP installed alongside XAMPP.