WAMP PS9 not opening new installation

[barriekenyon]

I am a newbe to PrestaShop. Years ago I built intranet apps using MS ASP, javascript, SQLServer, IIS, etc. But anything Linux is new to me.

I am attempting to upgrade my son's PS 1.5 shop to a later version, eg PS8 or PS9. My plan: build a local copy of PS and then work out how to do the upgrade. I have fallen at the first hurdle!

I have a new installation of PS9.0.1 on a new Win 11 / WAMP setup.

PS9 Installs OK but then Apache refuses to serve up both the shop or the back end.

Entering https://localhost/PS9  into MS Edge produces:

    Hmmm… can't reach this page

    localhost refused to connect.

    Try:

    Checking the connection

    Checking the proxy and the firewall

    ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Entering https://localhost/PS9/admin  into MS Edge produces:

    Oops! An Error Occurred

   The server returned a "500 Internal Server Error".

I am obviously new at this. What have I missed? Please help!! Very annoying

Barrie

The installation is:

WAMP Server 2.4. Server Configuration

Apache Version: 2.4.65  - Documentation Apache - Loaded Apache modules

Server Software: Apache/2.4.65 (Win64) PHP/8.3.28 mod_fcgid/2.3.10-dev - Port defined for Apache: 80

PHP Version: [Apache module]  8.3.28 - Documentation PHP - Loaded PHP extensions - Use of PHP versions

[FCGI] 8.0.30 - 8.1.33 - 8.2.29 - 8.3.28 - 8.4.15 - 8.5.0 - FCGI mode help

MySQL Version: 8.4.7 - Port defined for MySQL: 3306 - default DBMS -  Documentation MySQL

MariaDB Version: 11.4.9 - Port defined for MariaDB: 3307 -  Documentation MariaDB - MySQL - MariaDB

Win64OpenSSL_Light-3_6_0 (1)

[barriekenyon]

I have now also loaded PS8.2.3, under Win11 and WAMP 2.4.

Everything loaded OK (after a minor edit of AppKernel.php), but again neither the shop or the back end will open. I get "We'll be back soon, currently updating ..."

This looks like a Windows11/WAMP server issue, not PrestShop.

Does anyone have any ideas for me? Help???

Barrie