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Everettiin
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Dec 16, 2025

Solved Can't access 127.0.0.1:8000 on my Laptop

I'm trying to fiddle with Symfony's CMS sulu. Took a few extra steps but finally got it installed. Documentation says that access to the app is `127.0.0.1:8000`. But I just can't get Chrome to take me there. Environment: Apache/2.4.62, PHP 8.4.15.

Here's what I've tried so far:

`etc\host` has `127.0.0.1`. There are a few other apps listed with that, but they all behave as expected. Trying `http://127.0.0.1` launches the first entry in `httpd-vhosts.conf`.

With suffix `:8000`, Chrome says "127.0.0.1 refused to connect."

Created firewall rules for port 8000, both TCP & UDP. No change.

`netstat -ano | findstr :80` & `tasklist /fi "PID eq [PID_number]"` showed only Apache process (PID_number).

Windows Build/VersionWindows 11 Pro, Version 25H2, Build 26200.7462

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