So, you are also one of them who have recently upgraded
to Window 10 and enjoying the next generation OS.
But the excitement didn’t last long as soon as you found
that your web server has stopped working. Whatever application you might be
using Wamp, Wampstack, XAMPP, Wnmp, LAMP, LEMP or Isolated installation of Apache
/ Nginx. It was stuck. And you also know that it is port 80 which is used by a
web server is now being used by some other application. You might be wondering
if it’s Skype which also listens to port 80 interrupted you web server and your
web server (wamp, wampstack, XAMPP, Apache, Nginx) stopped. But it is also not
the case.
Windows 10 comes with an automatically enabled service
namely ‘World Wide Web Publishing Service’. ‘World Wide Web Publishing Service’
listens to port 80 and starts automatically. As port 80 is already occupied by ‘World
Wide Web Publishing Service’, your Wamp, Wampstack, XAMPP, Apache, Nginx
stopped starting.
You can stop the service as well as change its settings
to start manually only. Go to services (type ‘services’ in Cortana or run box
to find quickly) and stop the service ‘World Wide Web Publishing Service’ and
voila your Wamp, Wampstack, XAMPP, Apache, Nginx have now started working. To
avoid stopping the service with every boot up, you may also change the settings
to Manually start it.
