wamp- Could not execute menu item (internal error): The service has not been started

By Atul Rai | Last Updated: June 26, 2019 Previous       Next

Sometime wamp server display the message in a popup window that “Could not execute menu item (internal error)[Exception] Could not perform service action: The service has not been started.”

You can fix it by following these ways…

1. Change start type

• Press Windows+R
• Enter services.msc and click the OK
• Locate service with name wampapache
• Right click on wampapache, and, wampmysqld. Click on the properties
• Change Start Type to Manual or Automatic
• Start the service

P.S Change start type works for me.

2. Start the service

Sometime wamp server services have been stopped by Windows.

• Press Windows+R
• Enter services.msc and click on OK
• Locate service with name wampapache
• And check if its status is Running. In case not, right click » start.

3. Change the port

By default, wamp server will take the PORT 80. If PORT 80 uses by some other application it will not start. To change the wamp server port.

• Click on the wamp server tray icon.
• Go to the Apache.
• Select http.conf and click on it. It will open in a notepad editor.
• Scroll down and you will see the port number that WAMP server takes.
• Change that port number to:

#Listen x.x.x.x:8099
Listen 8099

• Save that files and restart the services.
• Check by typing localhost:8099 in your browser.

We hope one of the above can resolve your wamp server problem.