Red icon after upgrade from 2.5 to 3.0.3, no services starting (1 reply)

Hi,

I upgraded from WAMP 2.5 to 3.0.3 using the wampserver2.5_x64_update_3.0.3.exe download. I ran this as administrator.

All seemed to install fine; I installed it in the same directory as the 2.5 install - not sure whether that was correct or not.

Now when I run Wamp server (as Administrator), the icon very briefly flashes orange, and then reverts back to red. No services are running.

The PHP/MySQL errors (see below) seem to indicate a permissions/access issue, but I'm not well-versed enough in Window permissions etc to know how to get around this.

As help or advice would be much appreciated; please see answers to questions below.

Thanks,
Sarah


1 - Windows version used (Specify version number AND whether 32 or 64 bit)
>> Windows 10 Pro 64-bit OS, x64-based processor


2 - Version WampServer (Specify version number AND whether 32 or 64 bit)
>> 3.0.3 64-bit, upgrading from 2.5 (not sure but presumably 64-bit)

3 - Apache Version
>> 2.4.9

4 - PHP Version
>> Currently set on 5.5.12. Want to use 7, hence the upgrade!

5 - MySQL Version
>> 5.6.17

6 - What color is the WampServer icon (in the notification area of the taskbar)
>> Red

a - Apache error log
>> Checked; no errors, only notices

- Apache access log
>> Checked, last entry is 127.0.0.1 - - [17/Aug/2017:10:02:44 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 8939

b - MySQL error log
>> Checked, no errors, only Notes, last is 2017-08-17 10:13:41 5024 [Note] wampmysqld64: Arrêt du serveur terminé

c - PHP error log
>> Errors! See below (there are more lines previous, but I think all similar to these):

[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP Stack trace:
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 1. {main}() C:\wamp\scripts\switchPhpVersion.php:0
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 2. switchPhpVersion() C:\wamp\scripts\switchPhpVersion.php:7
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 3. linkPhpDllToApacheBin() C:\wamp\scripts\wampserver.lib.php:139
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 4. symlink() C:\wamp\scripts\wampserver.lib.php:84
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP Warning: symlink(): Cannot create symlink, error code(1314) in C:\wamp\scripts\wampserver.lib.php on line 93
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP Stack trace:
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 1. {main}() C:\wamp\scripts\switchPhpVersion.php:0
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 2. switchPhpVersion() C:\wamp\scripts\switchPhpVersion.php:7
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 3. linkPhpDllToApacheBin() C:\wamp\scripts\wampserver.lib.php:139
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 4. symlink() C:\wamp\scripts\wampserver.lib.php:93
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP Warning: chmod(): Permission denied in C:\wamp\scripts\config.inc.php on line 95
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP Stack trace:
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 1. {main}() C:\wamp\scripts\refresh.php:0
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 2. require() C:\wamp\scripts\refresh.php:8
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] PHP 3. chmod() C:\wamp\scripts\config.inc.php:95
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] Impossible to modify the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts to be writable
[17-Aug-2017 11:10:44 Europe/Paris] The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts is not writable

d - The windows event viewer
>> Errors: The following sequence of four MySQL errors appears multiple times

Failed to open log (file '.\mysql-bin.000370', errno 2)
Could not open log file
Can't init tc log
Aborting

7 - In the file c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, what are the active lines with the name [localhost] in them?127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost