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I have WAMP installed and running. &nbsp;The icon in the try is orange, and the tooltip says &quot;WAMPSERVER - server Online&quot;. &nbsp;But when I open a browser and type in <a href="http://localhost/" rel="ugc">http://localhost/</a>, I get the error that the web page cannot be found. &nbsp;I had it working before.<br />
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I've already tried restarting the service.<br />
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What do you think the problem is? &nbsp;Thanks in advance.<br />
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~ Sheryl
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I have WAMP installed and running.  The icon in the try is orange, and the tooltip says "WAMPSERVER - server Online".  But when I open a browser and type in http://localhost/, I get the error that the web page cannot be found.  I had it working before.

I've already tried restarting the service.

What do you think the problem is?  Thanks in advance.

~ Sheryl

WAMP server running but http://localhost/ won't work

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