Memcache installation in Windows 8: Could not connect to 127.0.0.1

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I think Memcache has not been installed in windows 8. I suppose the following warning say this clearly:

 Notice: Memcache::get() [memcache.get]: Server 127.0.0.1 (tcp 11211) failed with: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. (10060) in C:\xampp\htdocs\framework\registry\cache.class.php on line 39

In phpinfo() I can see that it's been installed:
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Is there any workaround for this to get it up and running?
In the command prompt I tried to install memcache as below:

memcached -d install

but got the following error:

failed to install service or service already installed

I've installed Memcache back in the time in windows XP.

have you tried to establish a connection on the port to see if it is blocked by the firewall? — user20232359723568423357842364, Feb 07 '13 at 15:21
Installing the PHP memcache extension, doesn't automatically install a memcache server... — Leigh, Feb 07 '13 at 15:28
@user20232359723568423357842364 I tried to connect using: $test3 = @memcache_connect('127.0.0.1',11211); but got the mentioned error. — Alireza, Feb 07 '13 at 15:32
@Leigh when I try to install using `memcached -d install` command, I get the following message: `failed to install service or service already installed` — Alireza, Feb 07 '13 at 15:34
Look at the answer provided by GKK - `telnet 127.0.0.1 11211` - if you dont have telnet on your box follow these instructions http://www.itworld.com/software/227783/enable-telnet-windows-8 — user20232359723568423357842364, Feb 07 '13 at 15:39
Are you sure the service is started? from the RUN box type `services.msc` and click start on the memcached service http://my.axerosolutions.com/Assets/Uploaded-CMS-Files/05f77d80-967d-4e4a-ac47-b5527de0a656.png — user20232359723568423357842364, Feb 07 '13 at 15:43
I couldn't find Memcached in the services! So when I try `memcached -d install` it's not getting installed, right? — Alireza, Feb 07 '13 at 15:57
Follow these instructions http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3016656/how-to-enable-memcache-in-wamp#10804940 — user20232359723568423357842364, Feb 07 '13 at 16:02
I didn't work for me. I got the same error in CMD part: failed to install service or service already installed — Alireza, Feb 07 '13 at 16:13

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '13 at 16:19

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So interesting! ;)
I ran the CMD as administrator(Run as administrator) and voila, problem solved!

answered Feb 07 '13 at 16:19

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i did the same but now i have to start the service only via admin CMD only – Yadnesh Feb 03 '14 at 06:49
had same problem..for some days...finally solved..Thanks – naxrohan Apr 07 '15 at 06:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '17 at 11:46

Below thing worked for me in windows 10.

Part 1:- Installation :- Download memcached, unzip it and put it in d:\memcache folder after (I used d drive you can use other). Open command prompt as an administrator. I ran install command D:\memcache>memcached.exe -d install after that, I got "failed to install service or service already installed" error. So I used memcached.exe -vvv command. After that it gave me lots of lines in command prompt.

Part 2:- Running :- Now goto task manager (alt+ctrl+del) and click on Services tab, find memcached in name column and right click on that and click on start. Now you should be able to see Running in status of that memcached row.

Hope this will help someone.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 07 '13 at 15:21

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Can you check if you memcache daemon is accepting connection by using a telnet to 127.0.0.1:11211, if you get a prompt just press enter and it should display ERROR.

answered Feb 07 '13 at 15:21

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My firewall is off and I'm still getting the same DARN error. – Alireza Feb 07 '13 at 15:36
I got `Connect Failed` message in CMD. – Alireza Feb 07 '13 at 16:00

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 17:14

I am using 64 bit Windows 7.

When I run memcached.exe server starts up. I can do telnet localhost 11211 it connects to the server. Mind this is without running cmd as administrator. Sad part is that neither the server nor the telnet prints anything.

Try typing stats after connecting from telnet. You should get something like

STAT pid 10876
STAT uptime 345
STAT time 1417453754
STAT version 1.2.6
STAT pointer_size 32
STAT curr_items 0
STAT total_items 0
STAT bytes 0
STAT curr_connections 3
STAT total_connections 5
STAT connection_structures 4
STAT cmd_get 0
STAT cmd_set 0
STAT get_hits 0
STAT get_misses 0
STAT evictions 0
STAT bytes_read 32
STAT bytes_written 21
STAT limit_maxbytes 67108864
STAT threads 1
END

Now comes installing it as service. This is when I get

C:\Users\athakur\Softwares\memcached>memcached.exe -d install
failed to install service or service already installed

Same goes for start and stop. To install it as a service you will need to execute above command as Administrator.

If no messages or notifications on server start bother you like it does for me you can start you server is verbose mode. I use

memcached.exe -vvv

which is like the highest level of verbose I guess. You can check all command with memcached.exe -h

Memcache installation in Windows 8: Could not connect to 127.0.0.1

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