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Nancy Melucci
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Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 36,143 Points
Posted by Nancy Melucci
Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 36,143 Points

XAMPP myphpadmin and Windows 10/Edge. Not a happy threesome.

This is the last act of a desperate woman. I have been taking a class in dynamic web programming using XAMPP and phpMySql using php, html and css via browser and phpmyadmin. Four days ago I made the apparently fatal mistake of letting Microsoft move me from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Now Edge cannot even acknowledge the existence of phpMyAdmin and Chrome and Firefox show me only a blank page with a little sailboat on the tab but no log in interface.

I have been all over the web trying to find a fix. In the past, despite my newbie cloddishness, I've troubleshot several issues with XAMPP and its ports. But there is nothing out there for this and I am running out of time. I can't do my assignments anymore and the professor is not answering me.

I am hoping there is a developer in this community who knows something about this. I love Treehouse and I've learned so much here. I am looking forward to summer when I can do more work here and less in my classes (the ones I teach and the ones I take.) Thanks for listening.

2 Answers

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

Go to Windows Start Bar

Run

type in services.msc

Scroll to World Wide Web Publishing Service

Right click it and choose stop (you can also set it to manual so it does not automatically restart), restart XAMPP

The problem is the WWWPS service uses port 80 and blocks Apache from running. Windows 7 by default did not install this service, but Windows 10 does install it by default.

Nancy Melucci
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Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 36,143 Points
Nancy Melucci
Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 36,143 Points

Thank you for taking the time to help me. This is the worst time of the term and I am juggling this pursuit with my day job so sorry for the delay. I am currently running XAMPP from a USB drive. I will keep your suggestion in my toolbox for future use.