title: WAMP Server Apache won't start
body: <p>There are several topics that are very similar to this one, however, after looking over them the ones that were solved I did not have the same issue, and the rest weren't solved.</p>
  
  <p>I have installed a new version of WAMP.  No changes made to any files.</p>
  
  <p>Opening wamp the icon never goes from red to green. </p>
  
  <p>Put online gives error:
  Could not execute menu item (internal error) [Exception] Could not perform service action: The service has not been started</p>
  
  <p>That's the same error I get if I do apache->service->start service</p>
  
  <p>I have not ever had skype running, but I uninstalled it just in case and because I no longer use it.</p>
  
  <p>Doing apache->service->test port 80 says "Your port 80 is not actually used."  Install service gives no complaints either.</p>
  
  <p>I've clicked the apache version apache->version->number</p>
  
  <p>I have apache 2.4.9
  Running windows 7
  Wamp version 2.5(fresh installer like 2 hours ago...)</p>
  
  <p>In cmd running "httpd.exe -e debug" in directory apache\apache2.4.9\bin prints the folowing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module access_compat_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_access_compat.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module actions_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_actions.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module alias_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_alias.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module allowmethods_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_allowmethods.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module asis_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_asis.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module auth_basic_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_auth_basic.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module authn_core_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_authn_core.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module authn_file_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_authn_file.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module authz_core_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_authz_core.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module authz_groupfile_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module authz_host_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_authz_host.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module authz_user_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_authz_user.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module autoindex_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_autoindex.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.548528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module cache_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_cache.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module cache_disk_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_cache_disk.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module cgi_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_cgi.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module deflate_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_deflate.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module dir_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_dir.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module env_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_env.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module file_cache_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_file_cache.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module include_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_include.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module isapi_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_isapi.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module log_config_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_log_config.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module mime_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_mime.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module negotiation_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_negotiation.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module setenvif_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_setenvif.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.704528 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module vhost_alias_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
  [Sat Jan 31 23:05:21.720128 2015] [so:debug] [pid 532:tid 132] mod_so.c(266): AH01575: loaded module php5_module from C:/Users/Chase/Google Drive/Web Dev/wamp/bin/php/php5.5.12/php5apache2_4.dll
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  <p>Running httpd.exe no longer gives me any issues.</p>
  
  <p>But regardless WAMP will not go online.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Addition:</strong>
  Could this maybe be caused by windows UAC?  I'm an admin and I even run wamp as an admin.  But I'm unsure what "Access Denied" means, and I don't seem to get any issues running httpd.exe by hand. (Although I don't know if it was functioning I was not getting errors)</p>
  
  <p><strong>Addition 2</strong>
  I found a miscillaneous comment about wamp services on another stackoverflow question.  In Windows+R -> services.msc right clicking wampapache64 and selecting start returns "Error 5: Access is denied"</p>
  
  <p><strong>Addition 3</strong>
  It seems this computer may have some other issues.  Attempting to change the firewall returns an error as well.  Maybe I have some sort of deeper issue.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Additional</strong> firewall issue details:
  Clicking windows firewall in control panel says "Update your Firewall settings - Windows firewall is not using the recommended settings to protect your computer." then there is a "Use Recommended Settings" button, and clicking it says "Windows Firewall can't change some of your settings.  Error code 0x80070424"</p>