WAMP won't recognise its own Apache service (even though Apache is working)

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I've been happily using WAMP for years without problems. Now, the icon is orange. When I click on the Apache service menu, then "start/resume", "restart" and "stop" are greyed out, as if the service isn't installed.

But here's the thing: the wampapache64 service is installed, and actually works. I can install it and remove it using WAMP, I just can't start or restart it from there, nor see a green icon.

I'm aware of dozens of "my WAMP icon is orange" posts here. These come closest to describing my problem (I'm getting a Service Unavailable on wamp, but everything is running, WAMP server stays yellow, though server is functioning normally?) but even those don't address this specific issue.

(The problem started when I clicked on the Apache version number in the WAMP menu, which I believe refreshes some config files.)

I'm using WAMP 2.5 64-bit, Windows 10. Apache is 2.4.9

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Are you running WAMPServer (wampmanager.exe) "as Administrator" or have you tried to run it from a normal account? – RiggsFolly
@RiggsFolly WAMPServer asks for administrative privileges every time it starts (i.e. I get a UAC popup). My Windows user account is an admin account. – Mark Barnes

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I was dealing with the same issue with Wamp on Win 10 caused by one of the processes coliding with apache on port 80. All resolved by following steps:

  • open command line under as an administrator
  • make sure it is process with PID 4 listening to port 80:

netstat -o -n -a | findstr 0.0:80

  • change http process to use another port (i.e. 8000):

netsh http add iplisten ipaddress=0.0.0.0:8000

  • restart http service

net stop http

net start http

  • restart Xamp processes