Localhost refuse connection Wampserver

Asked Apr 17 '16 at 20:05

Active Apr 17 '16 at 20:22

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After installing wampserver, I tried accessing localhost and apparently it doesn't seem to work. It says that localhost refuses connexion. Here's what I've done.

Check if port 80 was used and I don't have any Skype and IIS is using another port. No service are actually using port 80.
Changed these lines in httpd-conf file
```
Listen 0.0.0.0:80
Listen [::0]:80
```
to
```
Listen 0.0.0.0:8080
Listen [::0]:8080 
```
and
```
ServerName localhost:80
```
to ServerName localhost:8080

restart all services and typed http://localhost:8080 and still doesn't work.
Visual Studio 2012 : VC 11 vcredist_x64/86.exe is already installed.
Searched everywhere and still doesn't help me. Wampserver icon stays red.

Help will be greatly appreciated, I've searched for many hours and it won't work, I'm desperate.

P.-S. I'm using Windows 7 Professional

edited Apr 17 '16 at 20:22

asked Apr 17 '16 at 20:05

Emily Chiu

You are using Windows, so you should check if the "Server" service is up and running. Without this you won't get an answer. – Ed de Almeida Apr 17 '16 at 20:11
If I go on `Apache > Service Administration`, the `Start/Resume Services` option is disabled. Is that normal? – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 20:14
Possibly. Have you installed is as a service? – Ed de Almeida Apr 17 '16 at 20:16
It also says when I hover over the wampserver icon, _"local server - None of the two services are running"_. I tried clicking on Start all Services and it still doesn't work. – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 20:17
I installed WAMPSERVER (32 BITS & PHP 5.6.15) 3 – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 20:18
Have you checked the "Server" service? It allows Windows to work as a server and it must be checked. – Ed de Almeida Apr 17 '16 at 20:18
How do you check that? – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 20:19
Look for it among the other services. – Ed de Almeida Apr 17 '16 at 20:21
I do not have Windows server installed. My plan is not to transform my computer into a web server, I just want to use wampserver, that's all. – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 20:31
I haven't said that. It's not "Windows server". It's a service named "Server", which allows your Windows station to act as a server to respond to localhost calls. – Ed de Almeida Apr 17 '16 at 20:40
Well after searching for 'server' in my list of programs, I get 'Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB' – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 20:54
Not on your list of installed programs. In the SERVICES... – Ed de Almeida Apr 17 '16 at 20:56
Yes I have the Server service started. – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 21:00
Read the Duplicate link at the top of your question – RiggsFolly Apr 17 '16 at 22:18
You know what, I'm going to uninstall and reinstall wampserver and reinstall it since I can't find the solution. – Emily Chiu Apr 17 '16 at 23:20
Make sure you have ALL the MSVC Runtime libraries installed, before you re-install – RiggsFolly Apr 18 '16 at 08:06
@RiggsFolly Hum you mean installing all MSVC Runtime librairies so every versions of it even the older one? – Emily Chiu Apr 20 '16 at 00:22

Localhost refuse connection Wampserver

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