My coworker, Dora, was attempting to get WAMP to run a locally hosted development environment on her Windows 7 computer. She could not get Apache to start and was getting a 404 error when visiting localhost in her browser.
By using the WAMP command (WAMP Menu > Apache > Services > Test Port 80), I saw that “Microsoft HTTP/API 2.0″ was using port 80.
After some fruitless Google searches, I found a stray post noting that this could be the Web Deployment Service Agent. As a former Windows user, of many years now, I can’t even comment (or care) what this service is for, all I can do is tell you how I disabled it:
This should do it.
A quicker solution that should keep this service running would be to configure WAMP to run under another port other than 80, such as 8080. You will have to append :8080 to your localhost hostname, but it should work.
I haven’t tested it and can’t offer support for Windows users. Just wanted to post my solution in the hopes that it helps other lost souls!
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wampuser says…
Thanks! It Works!
James Beswick says…
Thanks for posting this – I spent ages trying to figure out the same problem! Apparently, Visual Basic .NET installs the Web Deployment Agent.
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Omar says…
Thank you so much, It works!
Steve says…
Many thanks. Fixed my problem; I can now use WAMP again.
Sarah says…
I have a unique problem, Apache doesn’t seem to be using port 80 when I test for Port 80 in WAMP. I still can’t get it to start/resume service. Do you have any suggestions?
andy says…
Something must be using port 80 or you have something running on your machine not allowing you to bind to it. It’s out of the scope of my knowledge, especially with Windows… I’m sorry!
Diego says…
Hi,
When I tested the port 80 I can see the Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
But there is not a service named Web Deployment Service Agent.
What can I do?
This is a Windows 7 Enterprise Running on a Oracle Virtual Machine over a MAC OS as host.
Rahul Murari says…
wow…….thank u soooo much.
Deep says…
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Wellington Americano says…
Muito obrigado!!! Thanks very much!!!
Marco says…
thanks!!! for those using a version in spanish web deployment service agent can be found as “servicio agente de la implementacion de web”
mbakacd says…
I have gone through a lot of Google searches… but to no avail.. i can not find Web Deployment Service Agent in my services.. so what can i do. using windows 7
Andy says…
@mbakacd I’m not 100% sure; this was written after helping a friend on their Windows machine… I don’t have a copy of Windows right now and I can’t recall how I found the service.
ramiz says…
thxxxxxxx for ur help.