How to solve WAMP and Skype conflict on Windows 7?

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Misha Moroshko picture Misha Moroshko · Jan 16, 2011 · Viewed 110.5k times · Source

I have Windows 7 (32-bit) installed on laptop.

I downloaded WAMP server and installed it with it's default options.

However, I noticed that Apache does not work (while MySQL does work!).

I tried to install it via Apache → Service → Install Service and got a message saying that port 80 is taken by Skype. I turned off Skype, and then Apache started to work.

How can I avoid this conflict and allow WAMP and Skype to work simultaneously?

Should I configure Apache to work with other port? Where?

Answer

marines picture marines · Jan 16, 2011

In Skype:

Go to Tools → Options → Advanced → Connections and uncheck the box use port 80 and 443 as alternative. This should help.

As Salman Quader said: In the updated skype(8.x), there is no menu option to change the port. This means this answer is no longer valid.

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