WAMP - won't start

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I followed all the instructions re: seeing what is using port 80 available at How do I free my port 80 on localhost Windows? but I have no idea what to do about it... so far there is a Sony-VAIO process, my virus app and chrome (my browser)...

How do I change things so WAMP server can be used on my Windows 7 computer? I'm a noob on both ports, binding and web servers.

Many thanks!

http://stackoverflow.com/a/16251034/1339004 – amin k Apr 29 '13 at 09:31 — amin k, Apr 29 '13 at 09:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 04:05

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One thing to looks for is skype it tends to hog port 80. Not sure why.

answered Jan 18 '12 at 04:05

Dan Walmsley

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 09:26

If you want a port that is already being used by another program you could see busy ports by going to command prompt and typing

netstat -ao

Also you should allow access to that port in your default browser too. You can find out how to do this for Firefox 3 by reading this article: Unblock a nonstandard port in Firefox3.

WAMP - won't start

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