--- Installation of Wampserver --- - Wampserver 3 does not support Windows XP even SP3. Wampserver requires a disk or formatted NTFS partition. Does not support FAT32 or exFAT BEFORE proceeding with the installation of Wampserver, you must ensure that certain elements are installed on your system, otherwise Wampserver will absolutely not run, and in addition, the installation will be faulty and you need to remove Wampserver BEFORE installing the elements that were missing. Make sure you are "up to date" in the redistributable packages VC9, VC10, VC11, VC13, VC14 and VC15 See --- Visual C++ Packages below. --- Do not install Wampserver OVER an existing version, follow the advice: Install a new version of Wampserver: http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,123606 If you install Wampserver over an existing version, not only it will not work, but you risk losing your existing databases. --- Install Wampserver in a folder at the root of a disk, for example C:\wamp or D:\wamp. Take an installation path that does not include spaces or diacritics; Therefore, no installation in c:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86\ --- Install Wampserver "as an administrator" i.e Right-Click on installer file then Run as an administrator. We must BEFORE installing, disable or close some applications: - Close Skype or force not to use port 80 Item No. 04 of the Wampserver TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,134915 - Disable IIS Item No. 08 of the WampserverTROUBLESHOOTING TIPS http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,134915 - Visual C++ Packages The MSVC runtime libraries VC9, VC10, VC11 are required for Wampserver 2.4, 2.5 and 3.0, even if you use only Apache and PHP versions with VC11. Runtimes VC13, VC14, VC15 are required for PHP 7 and Apache 2.4.17+ -- VC9 Packages (Visual C++ 2008 SP1) Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582'> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2092 -- VC10 Packages (Visual C++ 2010 SP1) Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523 -- VC11 Packages (Visual C++ 2012 Update 4) The two files VSU4\\vcredist_x86.exe and VSU4\\vcredist_x64.exe to be download are on the same page: Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679 -- VC13 Redistributable - Update 5 The two files VSU4\vcredist_x86.exe and VSU4\vcredist_x64.exe to be download are on the same page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4032938/ -- VC14 Packages (Visual C++ 2015) Replaced by VC15 -- VC15 Redistribuable (Visual C++ 2017) https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/VC_redist.x86.exe https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/VC_redist.x64.exe VC2017 (VC15) is backward compatible to VC2015 (VC14). That means, a VC14 module can be used inside a VC15 binary. Because this compatibility the version number of the Redistributable is 14.1x.xx and after you install the Redistributable VC2017, VC2015 is removed but you can still use VC14. If you have a 64-bit Windows, you must install both 32 and 64bit versions, even if you do not use Wampserver 64 bit. This is item number 20 of TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,134915 To check if the required VC packages are installed properly, you can use the program 'Checks VC++ packages installed' available in section Tools of http://wampserver.aviatechno.net/ and then download and install the missing packages. All VC++ packages can be downloaded from the Visual C++ Redistribuable Packages section of the same page. If these prerequisites are not in place, Press the Cancel button to cancel the installation, then apply the prerequisites and restart the installation. ------ After Installation ------ --- PhpMyAdmin When starting phpMyAdmin, you will be asked for a user name and password. After installing Wampserver 3, the default username is "root" (without quotes) and there is no password, which means that you must leave the form Password box empty. There will be a warning: You are connected as 'root' with no password, which corresponds to the default MySQL privileged account. Your MySQL server is running with this default, is open to intrusion, and you really should fix this security hole by setting a password for user 'root'. This is not a problem as long as access to Phpmyadmin remain locally. However, some web applications or CMS asking that the MySQL user has a password. In which case, you will create a user with password via the PhpMyAdmin Accounts Users tab. --- Using the menus and submenus of Wampmanager Do not use the keyboard to navigate through the menus and submenus of Wampmanager icon. --- For questions regarding Wampserver 3 Please use the specific English forum http://forum.wampserver.com/list.php?2 (Or French forum http://forum.wampserver.com/list.php?1 ) Do not use an existing discussion, but create your own thread: New Topic (French : Nouvelle discussion) after having read http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,129067 READ BEFORE YOU ASK A QUESTION in this forum. Nota : It is possible to do silent install by command line 'as an administrator': wampserver3.1.3_x86.exe /DIR="C:\wamp" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES or wampserver3.1.3_x64.exe /DIR="C:\wamp64" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES Yoy may replace install dir.