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mrdj1024
Joined: 03 Apr 2023
Posts: 97
Location: Bridgeton,NJ,USA
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 Posted: Mon 19 Oct '26 14:41 Post subject: apache wont start |
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| hi,i had to reinstall win11 but after all that i installed all the VC packages and mariadb starts but apache wont start,all this is on an external ssd so the factory OS reset didnt touch any files on it,it dont give any errors or anything,what could be the issue? i use wampserver. |
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Otomatic
Joined: 01 Sep 2011
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Location: Paris, France, EU
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| Posted: Mon 19 Oct '26 14:51 Post subject: |
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Hi,
The Wampserver installation makes entries in the registry and installs services, which have been lost since you reinstalled Windows.
You need to back up your databases and virtual hosts, and completely delete the Wampserver folder before reinstalling Wampserver.
Before doing that, you can try reinstalling the services:
Right-click the Wampserver icon -> Tools -> Reinstall all services. |
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mrdj1024
Joined: 03 Apr 2023
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Location: Bridgeton,NJ,USA
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| Posted: Mon 19 Oct '26 14:56 Post subject: |
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i got it running by doing afresh copy of apache but now localhost displays these warnings
"The ServerName djswebserver.com is not defined into hosts file.
The path ${INSTALL_DIR}/www for DocumentRoot does not exist (File D:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.57/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf)
The path ${INSTALL_DIR}/www/ for <Directory ... does not exist (File D:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.57/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf)"
though the vhosts work just fine. |
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Otomatic
Joined: 01 Sep 2011
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Location: Paris, France, EU
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That’s normal! When you reinstall Windows, the hosts file reverts to its default state without any ServerName entries.
You need to clear it (empty it) and then enter your ServerName entries, starting with localhost.
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 servername 1
::1 servername 1
127.0.0.1 servername 2
::1 servername 2
... etc. |
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mrdj1024
Joined: 03 Apr 2023
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Location: Bridgeton,NJ,USA
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| Posted: Mon 19 Oct '26 19:27 Post subject: |
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| thankyou! |
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mrdj1024
Joined: 03 Apr 2023
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Location: Bridgeton,NJ,USA
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| Posted: Tue 20 Oct '26 1:03 Post subject: |
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| mrdj1024 wrote: | | thankyou! |
id rather not reinstall all of wampserver but what keys do i need to make to get the tray menu manager working,it comes up but nothing happens on left or right click in the tray menu,i asked ai and it told me to make these keys but it still dont work
[img]https://ibb.co/qMvs9CmM[/img] |
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Otomatic
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Location: Paris, France, EU
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No, I’m not going to give you the keys. There’s too much information to change for this to match your installation.
- Make a note of the versions of Apache, PHP, MySQL and MariaDB that you’re using.
- Back up the ‘data’ folder for the version of MySQL and/or MariaDB that you’re using
- Back up your VirtualHost folder(s)
- Back up the httpd-vhosts.conf file for your version of Apache
You can try uninstalling Wampserver: right-click on the unins000.exe file, then select ‘Run as administrator’; once complete, make sure your installation folder has been completely deleted.
All the files to download are available at https://wampserver.aviatechno.net
- Install Wampserver 3.4.0
- Install the Wampserver 3.4.2 update
- Install the Tray Menu Manager 3.2.8.0 update
- If they do not already exist, install the versions of Apache, PHP, MySQL and MariaDB that you were using.
Start Wampserver and switch to the versions of Apache, PHP, MySQL and MariaDB that you were using.
Exit Wampserver.
Restore the ‘data’ folder from the previously backed-up version of MySQL or MariaDB.
Restore the previously backed-up VirtualHost folder(s).
Launch Wampserver.
You will need to recreate your VirtualHosts, the list of which can be found in the previously backed-up httpd-vhosts.conf folder.
Once you have done all this, right-click and select ‘Restart from zero’. |
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