broken file icons when I access a directory via wamp server

Question

I just installed wamp server so I can start with laravel.

Problem 1(resolved , see Filipe's answer)
When I access a directory named php in www folder of wamp it gives me files with broken icons link.
I have tried changing port 80 to 8080 in httpd.conf file but it did not resolve the issue.

Problem 2(see my answer)
I think when skype is running wamp server icon does not become green.

Problem 3
I have a directory in www folder named php when I try to open it from wamp icon->left click->My Projects->php , wamp opens it as php/ but browser gives the error
This webpage is not available.
Any help would be appreciated.
I changed these lines in httpd.conf file from

#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 0.0.0.0:80
Listen [::0]:80

to

#Listen 12.34.56.78:8080
Listen 0.0.0.0:8080
Listen [::0]:8080

UPDATE
I have xampp installed too in c:/xampp , does it has to do something if wamp server is not coming online or I am unable to access files ?

Did you change the wamp server directory? – Filipe Ferreira Jul 10 '15 at 10:00 — Filipe Ferreira, Jul 10 '15 at 10:00
@FilipeFerreira sorry ? How to do that ? – StealthTrails Jul 10 '15 at 10:01 — StealthTrails, Jul 10 '15 at 10:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 10 '15 at 10:17

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Its seems quite a known problem with xampp what you need to do is go to your config file and find the following line:

Edit the this file : httpd-autoindex.conf

Alias /icons/ "/apache/icons/"

 <Directory "/apache/icons/">

So it looks like this

Alias /icons/ "c:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.2.21/icons/"

     <Directory "c:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.2.21/icons/">

After make sure you they are pointing to the correct filepath.
Note:-httpd-autoindex.conf is located in C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\conf\extra

To the secound error on your browser write:

localhost:8080

And it should work also change the http.conf file instead of saying 80 to say 8080:

   <VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot /www/example1
ServerName www.example.com

</VirtualHost>

Restart APACHE.

edited Jul 10 '15 at 10:17

StealthTrails

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answered Jul 10 '15 at 10:01

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which config file ? and can you please address my second problem too? – StealthTrails Jul 10 '15 at 10:05
do i need to change the second line to `8080` too ? `ServerName localhost:8080 80HostnameLookups Off` – StealthTrails Jul 10 '15 at 10:27
@Adamnick no your server name should just be the url the port is set here: – Filipe Ferreira Jul 10 '15 at 10:28
i could not find any line exactly like this `` in `httpd.conf` file . – StealthTrails Jul 10 '15 at 10:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

Invalid Command '80HostnameLookups' , perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
I got this error when I debug the issue (wamp server was not going online -Problem 2) by the procedure defined here link by @RiggsFolly. Just comment the line 80HostnameLookups Off by changing it to #80HostnameLookups Off.
This solution worked for me and apache starts running.

broken file icons when I access a directory via wamp server

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