Title: Cannot access phpmyAdmin after installing WAMP
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot access phpmyAdmin after installing WAMP

 *  [frisson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frisson/)
 * (@frisson)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-phpmyadmin-after-installing-wamp-1/)
 * Hi,
 * I am trying to install WP locally.
    I installed WAMP I went to [http://localhost/phpmyadmin/](http://localhost/phpmyadmin/),
   nothing happens. No error message,…nothing. I am very new to this and so do not
   know what to do next…
 * I saw on some forum that I should remove the localhost line in the host file.
   Tried this, but I could not save it. And I AM logged in as adminstrator.
 * When I hover over the WAMPServer icon, it says its offline. Is this important?
   I tried to start it several times, but nothing seems to happen.
 * Thanks

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 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-phpmyadmin-after-installing-wamp-1/#post-6204673)
 * > When I hover over the WAMPServer icon, it says its offline. Is this important?
 * Yes. It has to say Online and the ‘W’ icon needs to be green.
 * AFAIK, WAMP will only run as a Windows Service and not as regular ‘program’, 
   that is, when you double click the `wampmanager.exe` to start it, it should start
   the two Windows Services `wampapache` and `wampmysqld`. The ‘W’ icon should go
   from red to orange to green.
 * However, if for some reason those two services have been disabled, doing the 
   above will never work. You will have to manually enable them via Task Manager
   > Services > Services.
 *  Thread Starter [frisson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frisson/)
 * (@frisson)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-phpmyadmin-after-installing-wamp-1/#post-6204677)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks, I figured it out. In effect the Apache service was not started and the
   W icon was orange. Starting or restarting all services from the icon did nothing.
   I was able to start Apache by itself from the WAMP icon. Why the first did not
   work and the second did is not clear to me.
 *  Thread Starter [frisson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frisson/)
 * (@frisson)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-phpmyadmin-after-installing-wamp-1/#post-6204806)
 * Hi again,….
 * Thought this was fixed. It turns out that I cannot start Apache from the WAMP
   interface if Skype is running. I need to kill Skype first. Anybody know why or
   if there is a work around? Its a nuisance to be obliged to kill Skype.
 * R
 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-phpmyadmin-after-installing-wamp-1/#post-6204814)
 * In skype:
 * Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Connections and uncheck the box “use port
   80 and 443 as alternative”.

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