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FIX: WAMP Server 2.4: phpmyadmin HTTP Error 404.0 – Not Found

Scenario: After you install WAMP Server 2.4 on a Windows computer that’s running the IIS.  You notice that “Localhost” option loads fine but phpmyadmin fails as shown below: Error Summary HTTP Error 404.0 – Not Found The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Detailed Error Information Module IIS Web Core Notification MapRequestHandler Handler StaticFile Error Code 0x80070002 Requested URL http://localhost:80/phpmyadmin/ Physical Path C:inetpubwwwrootphpmyadmin Logon Method Anonymous Logon User Anonymous Most likely causes: · The directory or file specified does not exist on the Web server. · The URL contains a […]

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Server, Web Technologies

Installing WampServer 2 on Windows

Download and install “Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package x86 or x64” which is a pre-requisite for WampServer. Download the installer from http://www.wampserver.com/en/#download-wrapper This will install all the below components: Apache: 2.4.4 MySQL : 5.6.12 PHP     : 5.4.12 PHPMyAdmin: 4.0.4 SqlBuddy      : 1.3.3 XDebug        : 2.2.3   and also takes care of auto linking these components and defining their default values.     The Default login for phpMyAdmin page are below: username: root password:  (blank) After you login, click on Change Password and set new value.   Default installation configuration will be as below: Database server Server: localhost via TCP/IP […]

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Server

Fix: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070020)

Error: ————————— Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager ————————— The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070020) ————————— OK —————————   FIX: The error message usually, indicates a port conflict with IIS and other application on the system. The default http port used by IIS is 80.  On desktop systems it’s usually found that Skype when running will cause conflict on port 80.  If it’s the case, please close and exit the Skype and then try starting web site and it should work for you.   < p>Otherwise, use TCP view […]

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